Table of Contents

Chronology; Introduction Claude Rawson; 1. Henry Fielding's life Linda Bree; 2. Fielding's theatrical career Thomas Keymer; 3. Shamela Thomas Lockwood; 4. Joseph Andrews Paul Baines; 5. Jonathan Wild Jenny Davidson; 6. Tom Jones Nicholas Hudson; 7. Amelia Peter Sabor; 8. Fielding's periodical journalism Bertrand A. Goldgar; 9. Fielding and female authority Jane Spencer; 10. Fielding on society, crime and the law Pat Rogers; 11. Fielding's style Claude Rawson; 12. Fielding's afterlife Charles Knight; Guide to further reading.

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A comprehensive account of the life and work of this key eighteenth-century literary figure.

About the Author

Claude Rawson is Maynard Mack Professor of English at Yale University and Honorary Professor at the University of Warwick.

Reviews

"The Companion is satisfyingly complete and remarkably uniform."
--Brian McCrea, University of Florida, The Scriblerian

"All the essays on Fielding's fiction maintain the highest standards...Highly recommended."
--The Eighteenth-Century Current Bibliography