McDowell, Paula. “Narrative Authority, Critical Complicity: The Case of <span data-tei-ns-tag="tei_title" data-tei-title-lvl=‘m’>Jonathan Wild</span>”;. Studies in the Novel, Vol.
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Connections
| Connections | Author name Sort descending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Literary responses | Penelope Aubin | |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Djuna Barnes | Henry Fielding
Barnes dubbed her heroine, Evangeline Musset, a female Tom Jones. Lanser, Susan Sniader, and Djuna Barnes. “Introduction”. Ladies Almanack, New York University Press, p. xv - li. xxix |
| Education | Sybille Bedford | The idea had been that Jack and Suzan Robbins should select a boarding school for Sibylle and have her to stay for the holidays. Instead, with the money provided by her family and trustees, they... |
| Textual Production | Patricia Beer | PB
published Driving West: Poems, whose contents balance the urban and rural; its title suggests Donne
's Good Friday, 1613. Riding Westward, but the name this poem invokes is Henry Fielding
, the lawyer on circuit. British Books in Print. J. Whitaker and Sons. 1976 Sherry, Vincent B., editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 40. Gale Research. 26 |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Aphra Behn | Behn is presented in this piece as dressed in the loose Robe de Chambre with her neck and Breasts bare; how much Fire in her Eye! Lavoie, Chantel Michelle. Poems by Eminent Ladies: A Study of an Eighteenth-Century Anthology. University of Toronto. 126 |
| Textual Production | Anna Maria Bennett | AMB
published Juvenile Indiscretions, A Novel, written in the style of Henry Fielding
. Garside, Peter et al., editors. The English Novel 1770-1829. Oxford University Press. 1: 375 |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Anna Maria Bennett | Readers first encounter the young male protagonist, Henry Dellmore, bearing the nickname of Mumps, and suffering as a pupil at a Dickensian school, under the proprietor Mr Puffardo. Once taken up by benefactors, he... |
| Literary responses | Anna Maria Bennett | Mary Russell Mitford
read the Beggar Girl with delight as a schoolgirl in Chelsea, liking it not only for the character and the liveliness, but for the abundant story—incident toppling after incident; all sufficiently natural... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Ann Bridge | Though the authors declare on their opening page that the modern need is to supplement the exhaustive Baedeker with a selective guidebook (something designed to tell travellers what they cannot afford to miss), they actually... |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Rhoda Broughton | RB
's satire here embraces the publishing industry and its pandering to readers' tastes. Emma's cousin Lesbia is apparently representative of a particular type of circulating-library reader; much to Emma's mortification, she likes Miching Mallecho... |
| Textual Features | Frances Burney | Evelina opens with an ode to Charles Burney
(unnamed) as Author of my Being, which sounds like an apology for having written. Doody, Margaret Anne. Frances Burney: The Life in the Works. Cambridge University Press. 37 |
| Literary responses | Margaret Calderwood | The editor of MC
's travel account, Alexander Fergusson
, did not think much of her novel; he wrote that it scarcely fulfilled expectations. Calderwood, Margaret. “L’envoi”. Letters and Journals, edited by Alexander Fergusson, David Douglas, pp. 353-78. 356 |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Hester Mulso Chapone | When Richardson offered her a list of examples of filial disobedience, she replied that no doubt an equally heinous list could be produced of parental oppression. With Carter
she mulled over religious and literary questions... |
| Occupation | Charlotte Charke | CC
, at Henry Fielding
's Haymarket Theatre
, appeared in male roles: as Macheath (John Gay
), Falstaff (Shakespeare
), George Barnwell (George Lillo
), and Lothario (Nicholas Rowe
). The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 3: 402ff |
| Occupation | Charlotte Charke | CC
scored a personal success in Henry Fielding
's daring stage satire The Historical Register for the Year 1736, as the auctioneer Christopher Hen (modelled on the actual Christopher Cock
). Baruth, Philip E. “Who Is Charlotte Charke?”. Introducing Charlotte Charke: Actress, Author, Enigma, edited by Philip E. Baruth, University of Illinois Press, pp. 9-62. 23-4 The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 3: 651 |
Timeline
By 8 June 1725: The criminal Jonathan Wild was hanged: Daniel...
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By 8 June 1725
The criminal Jonathan Wild
was hanged: Daniel Defoe
wrote a hasty account of his life, and eighteen years later Henry Fielding
made him a mock-heroic over-reacher.
16 February 1728: Henry Fielding's first play, Love in Several...
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16 February 1728
Henry Fielding
's first play, Love in Several Masques, opened on stage.
30 March 1730: Henry Fielding's The Author's Farce opened...
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30 March 1730
Henry Fielding
's The Author's Farce opened at his Little Theatre in the Haymarket
, which was currently presenting its first season.
30 March 1730: Henry Fielding's The Author's Farce opened...
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30 March 1730
Henry Fielding
's The Author's Farce opened at his Little Theatre in the Haymarket
, which was currently presenting its first season.
Valentine's Day 1732: Henry Fielding's The Modern Husband opened;...
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Valentine's Day 1732
Henry Fielding
's The Modern Husband opened; it was published the same month.
5 February 1737: The Opposition journal Common Sense; or,...
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5 February 1737
The Opposition journalCommon Sense; or, The Englishman's Journal published its first number.
21 March 1737: Henry Fielding's last play, The Historical...
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21 March 1737
Henry Fielding
's last play, The Historical Register for the Year 1736, was first performed.
21 June 1737: The Licensing Act received royal assent:...
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21 June 1737
The Licensing Act received royal assent: the number of legitimate theatres in London was set at two, and plays were subject to censorship by the Lord Chamberlain.
15 November 1739: The first number appeared of The Champion,...
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15 November 1739
The first number appeared of The Champion, an Opposition periodical by Henry Fielding
and James Ralph
.
4 April 1741: Henry Fielding, publishing as Conny Keyber,...
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4 April 1741
Henry Fielding
, publishing as Conny Keyber, led the rush of response to Richardson
's Pamela with a burlesque entitled Shamela.
April 1743: Henry Fielding published Miscellanies: the...
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April 1743
Henry Fielding
published Miscellanies: the third volume contained The History of the Life of Mr. Jonathan Wild.
15 September 1743: The Champion, an Opposition periodical previously...
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15 September 1743
The Champion, an Opposition periodical previously written by Henry Fielding
and James Ralph
, ceased publication.
5 November 1745: The first number appeared of Henry Fielding's...
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5 November 1745
The first number appeared of Henry Fielding
's anti-Jacobite periodicalThe True Patriot: and the history of our own times.
British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.
November 1746: Mary Hamilton was convicted of crimes of...
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November 1746
Mary Hamilton
was convicted of crimes of deception including marrying a series of women while posing as a man; Henry Fielding
published The Female Husband about the case.
5 December 1747: The first number appeared of Henry Fielding's...
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5 December 1747
The first number appeared of Henry Fielding
's second anti-Jacobite periodical, The Jacobite's Journal, published under the name of the ranting and drunken John Trott-Plaid.
OCLC WorldCat. http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.
Texts
Fielding, Henry. “Introduction”. The Female Husband, and Other Writings, edited by Claude E. Jones, Liverpool University Press, 1960.
Fielding, Henry. “Introduction”. Tom Jones, edited by John Bender et al., Oxford University Press, 1996, p. ix - xliii.
Fielding, Henry, and Sarah Fielding. The Correspondence of Henry and Sarah Fielding. Editors Battestin, Martin C. and Clive T. Probyn, Clarendon Press, 1993.
Fielding, Henry. The Covent-Garden Journal. Editor Jensen, Gerard Edward, Vol.
2 vols.
, Russell and Russell, 1964. Fielding, Henry. The Female Husband, and Other Writings. Editor Jones, Claude E., Liverpool University Press, 1960, http://BLC.
Hatchett, William et al. The Opera of Operas. W. Rayner, 1733.