Henry Fielding, political writer / Thomas R. Cleary.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cleary, Thomas R. (Thomas Raymond), 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754--Political and social views.

Fielding, Henry.

Politics and literature--Great Britain--History--18th century.

Politics and literature.

Political fiction, English--History and criticism.

Political fiction, English.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (366 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ont., Canada : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c1984.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An accurate and comprehensive study of the political aspects of Fielding's art has been sorely needed. As a result of decades of work by literary scholars and a series of great historians, such a study is finally possible. This volume addresses that need, and, in the light of a recent revival of interest in Fielding's work, it arrives most opportunely. The author offers here a wide-ranging focus and a firm grip on the shifting complexities of Fielding's political situations?the loyalties and enmities, factional alignments and fractious rhetoric?that allow a satisfactory understanding of Fi

Contents:

Contents; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; One. Prolegomena: George Lyttelton, the Broad-Bottoms, and the Pattern of Fielding's Political Career; Two. Fielding's Early Career: 1728-35; Three. Pasquin and the Haymarket: 1736-37; Four. The Final Assault on Walpole: 1739-42; Five. Fielding and the ""New"" Opposition: 1742-44; Six. Fielding and the Jacobites, 1745-49: The True Patriot to Tom Jones; Seven. The Final Phase: 1749-54; Notes; Selective Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliography and index.

ISBN:

9780889208582

0889208581

OCLC:

753479476