The Henry Fielding Page
( 1707 - 1754 )
Major Works
Several of Fielding's works are available in Penguin editions.
Drama
The Author's Farce ( 1730 ).
The Tragedy of Tragedies; or, The Life and Death of Tom Thumb ( 1731 ).
Pasquin, A Dramatic Satire of the Times ( 1736 ).
Novels
An Apology for the Life of Mrs Shamela Andrews ( 1741 ). A parody of Richardson's Pamela, which has probably ruined the earlier novel for generations of readers.
Joseph Andrews ( 1742 ). Begins as another take-off on Pamela but soon leaves that purpose behind. Memorable characterization of Parson Adams. Joseph Andrews with Shamela and Related Writings is a Norton Critical Edition, edited by Homer Goldberg.
Jonathan Wild ( 1743 ). Fielding's satire on 'greatness.'
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling ( 1749 ). On Line from Renascence Editions. Norton Critical Edition edited by Sheridan Baker.
Amelia ( 1752 ).
A Journey from this World to the Next ( 1749 ).
The Covent Garden Journal ( 1752 ).
Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon ( 1755 ).
About Fielding
Wilbur L. Cross, The History of Fielding. Three Volumes. Yale, 1918.
F. Homes Duddon, Fielding: His Life, Works and Times. Oxford, 1952.
Biography of Fielding
Fielding Criticism from Internet Public Library.
Fielding and Smollett from Bartleby.
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