Henry Fielding

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Standard Name: Fielding, Henry

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Cultural formation Ann Cook
AC seems to remind her reader that she has risen socially through her own efforts when she calls her position as a married inn-keeper a middling state.
Cook, Ann. Professed Cookery. White.
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Henry Fielding , for instance, presents some...
Education Sarah Orne Jewett
She read extensively as a child, and came early to authors as diverse as Jane Austen , George Eliot , Margaret Oliphant , Henry Fielding , Laurence Sterne , Elizabeth Gaskell and Harriet Beecher Stowe
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...
Education U. A. Fanthorpe
Here, she said later, she came to life under the influence of her tutor, Dorothy Bednarowska , who taught me to read on the nuance and complexity of Chaucer 's Troilus and Criseyde. This...
Education Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck
In the house of an aunt she was surprised to find novels (particularly those of Richardson ) a topic of conversation,
Schimmelpenninck, Mary Anne. Life of Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck. Editor Hankin, Christiana C., Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts.
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and that (in her own judgement) Fielding and Smollett , and various...
Family and Intimate relationships Elizabeth Gilding
Like her, he was a contributor to magazines: a juvenile work by him appeared in the Lady's Magazine in 1775, and he later contributed to the European and other magazines under the name of Fidelio...
Family and Intimate relationships Sarah Fielding
SF 's most important sibling was her brother Henry , first as the eldest child and later as a highly successful novelist and playwright (as well as theatre manager and lawyer). She kept house for...
Fictionalization Eliza Haywood
EH 's reputation during her lifetime and immediately afterwards (bolstered by Pope's image of her in the Dunciad) was of the quintessential practitioner of the novel, seen as low-grade entertainment both intellectually and morally...
Friends, Associates Jane Collier
JC was a lifelong friend of Sarah Fielding and her brother Henry (who famously mentioned in a book inscription her understanding more than Female, mixed with virtues almost more than human),
Londry, Michael. “Our dear Miss Jenny Collier”. Times Literary Supplement, pp. 13-14.
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and of...
Friends, Associates Charlotte Lennox
She met Sarah Fielding at Richardson's house, and became friendly also with Henry Fielding , Saunders Welch (the philanthropist, who later offered her employment), and Lord Orrery . She was presumably the Mrs Lenox with...
Intertextuality and Influence Sarah Green
This preface is headed by two Latin words (one with a faulty grammatical ending) from Ovid 's description of chaos. SG slams both male and female novelists, chiefly authors of gothic or horrid novels and...
Intertextuality and Influence Susanna Haswell Rowson
As the title implies, the primary speaker and instructor is the father of the family, whose name, Mr Allworthy, comes from Henry Fielding . The mother plays supporter to him. Both encourage the children to...
Intertextuality and Influence Sara Maitland
She points out that for all Brunton's highly moralistic intentions,
Maitland, Sara, and Mary Brunton. “Introduction”. Self-Control, Pandora, p. ix - xi.
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the reason that her Laura needs self-control is that her feelings are passionate, and also that Laura is attracted to heroes created by women...
Intertextuality and Influence Sheila Kaye-Smith
She was helped and encouraged in this work by her friend the novelist Walter Lionel George .
Stern, G. B. . And did he stop and speak to you?. Henry Regnery.
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This and her next novel were written on the dining-room table of her parents' house, with all...
Intertextuality and Influence Mrs Martin
Each volume has an introductory chapter, addressing the reader in the manner of, and with some images borrowed from, Henry Fielding or Laurence Sterne (the latter, indeed, is mentioned by name). MM hopes her reader...

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.