13 October 2019
Henry Fielding
About Henry Fielding
• Henry Fielding, DEATH DATE:-October 8, 1754
• PLACE OF BIRTH:-Sharpham Park, Somerset,England.
• EDUCATION:-University of Leiden, Eton College
• Symbol:-Father of English Novelist.
• Death:-8 October,1754.
• PLACE OF DEATH:-Lisbon, Portugal.
• His Exceptional Works:
• Joseph Andrews:
Joseph Andrews, or The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and of his Friend Mr. Abraham Adams, was the first published full-length novel of the English author Henry Fielding, and among the first novels in the English language. Published in 1742 and defined by Fielding as a "comic epic poem in prose", it is the story of a good-natured footman's adventures on the road home from London with his friend and mentor, the absent-minded parson Abraham Adams. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/)
•Amelia:
Amelia is a sentimental novel written by Henry Fielding and published in December 1751. It was the fourth and final novel written by Fielding, and it was printed in only one edition while the author was alive, although 5,000 copies were published of the first edition. Amelia follows the life of Amelia and Captain William Booth after they are married. It contains many allusions to classical literature and focuses on the theme of marriage and feminine intelligence, but Fielding's stance on gender issues cannot be determined because of the lack of authorial commentary discussing the matter. Although the novel received praise from many writers and critics, it received more criticism from Fielding's competition, possibly resulting from the "paper war" in which the author was involved. (https://en.wikipedia.org/)
•Tom Jones: (1749).
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, often known simply as Tom Jones, is a comic novel by English playwright and novelist Henry Fielding. It is both a Bildungsroman and a picaresque novel. It was first published on 28 February 1749 in London, and is among the earliest English prose works to be classified as a novel. It is the earliest novel mentioned by W. Somerset Maugham in his 1948 book Great Novelists and Their Novels among the ten best novels of the world. It totals 346,747 words divided into 18 smaller books, each preceded by a discursive chapter, often on topics unrelated to the book itself. It is dedicated to George Lyttleton.
The novel is highly organized, despite its length. Samuel Taylor Coleridge argued that it has one of the "three most perfect plots ever planned." It became a bestseller, with four editions being published in its first year alone. (https://en.wikipedia.org/)
•Jonathan Wild: (1743)
Jonathan Wild, also spelled Wilde (1682 or 1683 – 24 May 1725), was a London underworld figure notable for operating on both sides of the law, posing as a public-spirited crimefighter entitled the "Thief-Taker General".
Wild was exploiting a strong public demand for action during a major London crime wave in the absence of any effective police force. As a powerful gang-leader himself, he became a master manipulator of legal systems, collecting the rewards offered for valuables which he had stolen himself, bribing prison-guards to release his colleagues, and blackmailing any who crossed him. He was responsible for the arrest and execution of Jack Sheppard, a petty thief, and burglar who had won the public's affection as a lovable rogue. However, Wild's duplicity became known, and his men began to give evidence against him. After a suicide attempt, he was hanged at Tyburn before a massive crowd. (https://en.wikipedia.org/)
Father of novelist
Richardson, Fielding, Smollett and Stern are known as the four wheels of the novel. Of them, Fielding's contribution to the English novel is significant. It is true that even before Fielding wrote the novels of Bunyan, Defoe and Richardson.
But no one deserves to be called the father of an English novel. It is the fielding that gave the English novel a definite look and feel. He devised the theory of novel writing. He has made an invaluable contribution to the development of plot construction and characterization. He made the novel an effective weapon of social criticism. He tried to advocate for a healthy vision of life. He assimilated his writings with a very proud purpose. For this reason Sir Walter Scott correctly called him the father of an English novel.
Graphs in Literature
Graph before Fielding did not hold much importance. But Fielding revolutionized the concept of graph construction. He employs a very coherent and organic graph. He conducts them with the utmost skill. The graph of 'Tom Jones' is one of the three best graphs ever planned.
It is a closely-knit organic graph. In short, his graph are thoroughly architectonic. Thus a well-organized graph is one of the main contributions of Fielding.
Comic Epic in Prose: Another contribution of Fielding is his concept of the novel as a comic epic in prose. He formulated the theory of novel in his prefaces of Joseph Andrews.
A heroic epic has a conspicuous hero, grand theme, a continuous action, a journey to the underworld, wars, digressions, discovery, high seriousness, a high moral lesson and bombastic diction in it.
He introduced characters of great variety. He depicted their lives in all its authenticity.
Characterization: Fielding is the creator of the novel of character. He breathed life into his characters. He peopled the novel with a great crowd of lively and interesting characters. They are compounded of both good and evil elements. Like Shakespeare, he portrays all kind of human characters as real human beings.
Realism: Fielding is the first realist of the English novel. Common life is the material of his novels. He brings the whole world, as we see it. He reproduced reality faithfully and accurately. He presents a complete and comprehensive picture of contemporary society. His realism is epical in its range. Thus Fielding is the founder of the modern realistic novel.
Humor: His humor is exuberant, spontaneous, tolerant and genial. He lashes out his satire at affectation, vanity, pedantry, hypocrisy, and vice. But he is always human and humane. The irony is a great weapon of his satire. All the great humorists are influenced by Fielding. Fielding employed all types of humor in his novels. In Joseph Andrews, it is farcical, in Tom Jones ironical and in Jonathan Wild satirical. Fielding employed all types of humor in his novels. In Joseph Andrews, it is farcical, in Tom Jones ironical and in Jonathan Wild satirical.
Other Reasons: Fielding is champion in so many other respects. His great contribution is the localization of the scene. He gives graphic details of Tom's journey to London on the highways. His novels are thoroughly English. His dialogues are lively as well as natural. He was a superb craftsman. His art of narration is praiseworthy. He brought a healthy moral vision. He is tolerant of natural human weaknesses but he does not tolerate hypocrisy. He advances a very sound moral philosophy.
Thus Fielding's contribution is noteworthy. He gave to the novel a great scope. Due to his great contributions, Scott called him 'the father of English novel'. About Fielding's contribution Allen says, 'The form the novel took in England for more than a hundred years had its origin in Fielding, and in this respect, Smollett, Scott, Dickens, Thackeray, and Meredith all wrote in his shadow'. and in Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones, and Amelia, which a modern critic has called comic epic, an epic comedy, and domestic epic, respectively, he had established the tradition of realism presented in panoramic surveys of contemporary society that dominated English fiction until the end of the 19th century.
Legacy
Sir Walter Scott called Henry Fielding the “father of the English novel,” and the phrase still indicates Fielding’s place in the history of literature.
Though not actually the first English novelist, he was the first to approach the genre with a fully worked-out theory of the novel; and in Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones, and Amelia, which a modern critic has called comic epic, epic comedy, and domestic epic, respectively, he had established the tradition of a realism presented in panoramic surveys of contemporary society that dominated English fiction until the end of the 19th century.
About Henry Fielding
• Henry Fielding, DEATH DATE:-October 8, 1754
• PLACE OF BIRTH:-Sharpham Park, Somerset,England.
• EDUCATION:-University of Leiden, Eton College
• Symbol:-Father of English Novelist.
• Death:-8 October,1754.
• PLACE OF DEATH:-Lisbon, Portugal.
• His Exceptional Works:
• Joseph Andrews:
Joseph Andrews, or The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and of his Friend Mr. Abraham Adams, was the first published full-length novel of the English author Henry Fielding, and among the first novels in the English language. Published in 1742 and defined by Fielding as a "comic epic poem in prose", it is the story of a good-natured footman's adventures on the road home from London with his friend and mentor, the absent-minded parson Abraham Adams. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/)
•Amelia:
Amelia is a sentimental novel written by Henry Fielding and published in December 1751. It was the fourth and final novel written by Fielding, and it was printed in only one edition while the author was alive, although 5,000 copies were published of the first edition. Amelia follows the life of Amelia and Captain William Booth after they are married. It contains many allusions to classical literature and focuses on the theme of marriage and feminine intelligence, but Fielding's stance on gender issues cannot be determined because of the lack of authorial commentary discussing the matter. Although the novel received praise from many writers and critics, it received more criticism from Fielding's competition, possibly resulting from the "paper war" in which the author was involved. (https://en.wikipedia.org/)
•Tom Jones: (1749).
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, often known simply as Tom Jones, is a comic novel by English playwright and novelist Henry Fielding. It is both a Bildungsroman and a picaresque novel. It was first published on 28 February 1749 in London, and is among the earliest English prose works to be classified as a novel. It is the earliest novel mentioned by W. Somerset Maugham in his 1948 book Great Novelists and Their Novels among the ten best novels of the world. It totals 346,747 words divided into 18 smaller books, each preceded by a discursive chapter, often on topics unrelated to the book itself. It is dedicated to George Lyttleton.
The novel is highly organized, despite its length. Samuel Taylor Coleridge argued that it has one of the "three most perfect plots ever planned." It became a bestseller, with four editions being published in its first year alone. (https://en.wikipedia.org/)
•Jonathan Wild: (1743)
Jonathan Wild, also spelled Wilde (1682 or 1683 – 24 May 1725), was a London underworld figure notable for operating on both sides of the law, posing as a public-spirited crimefighter entitled the "Thief-Taker General".
Wild was exploiting a strong public demand for action during a major London crime wave in the absence of any effective police force. As a powerful gang-leader himself, he became a master manipulator of legal systems, collecting the rewards offered for valuables which he had stolen himself, bribing prison-guards to release his colleagues, and blackmailing any who crossed him. He was responsible for the arrest and execution of Jack Sheppard, a petty thief, and burglar who had won the public's affection as a lovable rogue. However, Wild's duplicity became known, and his men began to give evidence against him. After a suicide attempt, he was hanged at Tyburn before a massive crowd. (https://en.wikipedia.org/)
Father of novelist
Richardson, Fielding, Smollett and Stern are known as the four wheels of the novel. Of them, Fielding's contribution to the English novel is significant. It is true that even before Fielding wrote the novels of Bunyan, Defoe and Richardson.
But no one deserves to be called the father of an English novel. It is the fielding that gave the English novel a definite look and feel. He devised the theory of novel writing. He has made an invaluable contribution to the development of plot construction and characterization. He made the novel an effective weapon of social criticism. He tried to advocate for a healthy vision of life. He assimilated his writings with a very proud purpose. For this reason Sir Walter Scott correctly called him the father of an English novel.
Graphs in Literature
Graph before Fielding did not hold much importance. But Fielding revolutionized the concept of graph construction. He employs a very coherent and organic graph. He conducts them with the utmost skill. The graph of 'Tom Jones' is one of the three best graphs ever planned.
It is a closely-knit organic graph. In short, his graph are thoroughly architectonic. Thus a well-organized graph is one of the main contributions of Fielding.
Comic Epic in Prose: Another contribution of Fielding is his concept of the novel as a comic epic in prose. He formulated the theory of novel in his prefaces of Joseph Andrews.
A heroic epic has a conspicuous hero, grand theme, a continuous action, a journey to the underworld, wars, digressions, discovery, high seriousness, a high moral lesson and bombastic diction in it.
He introduced characters of great variety. He depicted their lives in all its authenticity.
Characterization: Fielding is the creator of the novel of character. He breathed life into his characters. He peopled the novel with a great crowd of lively and interesting characters. They are compounded of both good and evil elements. Like Shakespeare, he portrays all kind of human characters as real human beings.
Realism: Fielding is the first realist of the English novel. Common life is the material of his novels. He brings the whole world, as we see it. He reproduced reality faithfully and accurately. He presents a complete and comprehensive picture of contemporary society. His realism is epical in its range. Thus Fielding is the founder of the modern realistic novel.
Humor: His humor is exuberant, spontaneous, tolerant and genial. He lashes out his satire at affectation, vanity, pedantry, hypocrisy, and vice. But he is always human and humane. The irony is a great weapon of his satire. All the great humorists are influenced by Fielding. Fielding employed all types of humor in his novels. In Joseph Andrews, it is farcical, in Tom Jones ironical and in Jonathan Wild satirical. Fielding employed all types of humor in his novels. In Joseph Andrews, it is farcical, in Tom Jones ironical and in Jonathan Wild satirical.
Other Reasons: Fielding is champion in so many other respects. His great contribution is the localization of the scene. He gives graphic details of Tom's journey to London on the highways. His novels are thoroughly English. His dialogues are lively as well as natural. He was a superb craftsman. His art of narration is praiseworthy. He brought a healthy moral vision. He is tolerant of natural human weaknesses but he does not tolerate hypocrisy. He advances a very sound moral philosophy.
Thus Fielding's contribution is noteworthy. He gave to the novel a great scope. Due to his great contributions, Scott called him 'the father of English novel'. About Fielding's contribution Allen says, 'The form the novel took in England for more than a hundred years had its origin in Fielding, and in this respect, Smollett, Scott, Dickens, Thackeray, and Meredith all wrote in his shadow'. and in Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones, and Amelia, which a modern critic has called comic epic, an epic comedy, and domestic epic, respectively, he had established the tradition of realism presented in panoramic surveys of contemporary society that dominated English fiction until the end of the 19th century.
Legacy
Sir Walter Scott called Henry Fielding the “father of the English novel,” and the phrase still indicates Fielding’s place in the history of literature.
Though not actually the first English novelist, he was the first to approach the genre with a fully worked-out theory of the novel; and in Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones, and Amelia, which a modern critic has called comic epic, epic comedy, and domestic epic, respectively, he had established the tradition of a realism presented in panoramic surveys of contemporary society that dominated English fiction until the end of the 19th century.
About Henry Fielding
• Henry Fielding, DEATH DATE:-October 8, 1754
• PLACE OF BIRTH:-Sharpham Park, Somerset,England.
• EDUCATION:-University of Leiden, Eton College
• Symbol:-Father of English Novelist.
• Death:-8 October,1754.
• PLACE OF DEATH:-Lisbon, Portugal.
• His Exceptional Works:
• Joseph Andrews:
Joseph Andrews, or The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and of his Friend Mr. Abraham Adams, was the first published full-length novel of the English author Henry Fielding, and among the first novels in the English language. Published in 1742 and defined by Fielding as a "comic epic poem in prose", it is the story of a good-natured footman's adventures on the road home from London with his friend and mentor, the absent-minded parson Abraham Adams. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/)
•Amelia:
Amelia is a sentimental novel written by Henry Fielding and published in December 1751. It was the fourth and final novel written by Fielding, and it was printed in only one edition while the author was alive, although 5,000 copies were published of the first edition. Amelia follows the life of Amelia and Captain William Booth after they are married. It contains many allusions to classical literature and focuses on the theme of marriage and feminine intelligence, but Fielding's stance on gender issues cannot be determined because of the lack of authorial commentary discussing the matter. Although the novel received praise from many writers and critics, it received more criticism from Fielding's competition, possibly resulting from the "paper war" in which the author was involved. (https://en.wikipedia.org/)
•Tom Jones: (1749).
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, often known simply as Tom Jones, is a comic novel by English playwright and novelist Henry Fielding. It is both a Bildungsroman and a picaresque novel. It was first published on 28 February 1749 in London, and is among the earliest English prose works to be classified as a novel. It is the earliest novel mentioned by W. Somerset Maugham in his 1948 book Great Novelists and Their Novels among the ten best novels of the world. It totals 346,747 words divided into 18 smaller books, each preceded by a discursive chapter, often on topics unrelated to the book itself. It is dedicated to George Lyttleton.
The novel is highly organized, despite its length. Samuel Taylor Coleridge argued that it has one of the "three most perfect plots ever planned." It became a bestseller, with four editions being published in its first year alone. (https://en.wikipedia.org/)
•Jonathan Wild: (1743)
Jonathan Wild, also spelled Wilde (1682 or 1683 – 24 May 1725), was a London underworld figure notable for operating on both sides of the law, posing as a public-spirited crimefighter entitled the "Thief-Taker General".
Wild was exploiting a strong public demand for action during a major London crime wave in the absence of any effective police force. As a powerful gang-leader himself, he became a master manipulator of legal systems, collecting the rewards offered for valuables which he had stolen himself, bribing prison-guards to release his colleagues, and blackmailing any who crossed him. He was responsible for the arrest and execution of Jack Sheppard, a petty thief, and burglar who had won the public's affection as a lovable rogue. However, Wild's duplicity became known, and his men began to give evidence against him. After a suicide attempt, he was hanged at Tyburn before a massive crowd. (https://en.wikipedia.org/)
Father of novelist
Richardson, Fielding, Smollett and Stern are known as the four wheels of the novel. Of them, Fielding's contribution to the English novel is significant. It is true that even before Fielding wrote the novels of Bunyan, Defoe and Richardson.
But no one deserves to be called the father of an English novel. It is the fielding that gave the English novel a definite look and feel. He devised the theory of novel writing. He has made an invaluable contribution to the development of plot construction and characterization. He made the novel an effective weapon of social criticism. He tried to advocate for a healthy vision of life. He assimilated his writings with a very proud purpose. For this reason Sir Walter Scott correctly called him the father of an English novel.
Graphs in Literature
Graph before Fielding did not hold much importance. But Fielding revolutionized the concept of graph construction. He employs a very coherent and organic graph. He conducts them with the utmost skill. The graph of 'Tom Jones' is one of the three best graphs ever planned.
It is a closely-knit organic graph. In short, his graph are thoroughly architectonic. Thus a well-organized graph is one of the main contributions of Fielding.
Comic Epic in Prose: Another contribution of Fielding is his concept of the novel as a comic epic in prose. He formulated the theory of novel in his prefaces of Joseph Andrews.
A heroic epic has a conspicuous hero, grand theme, a continuous action, a journey to the underworld, wars, digressions, discovery, high seriousness, a high moral lesson and bombastic diction in it.
He introduced characters of great variety. He depicted their lives in all its authenticity.
Characterization: Fielding is the creator of the novel of character. He breathed life into his characters. He peopled the novel with a great crowd of lively and interesting characters. They are compounded of both good and evil elements. Like Shakespeare, he portrays all kind of human characters as real human beings.
Realism: Fielding is the first realist of the English novel. Common life is the material of his novels. He brings the whole world, as we see it. He reproduced reality faithfully and accurately. He presents a complete and comprehensive picture of contemporary society. His realism is epical in its range. Thus Fielding is the founder of the modern realistic novel.
Humor: His humor is exuberant, spontaneous, tolerant and genial. He lashes out his satire at affectation, vanity, pedantry, hypocrisy, and vice. But he is always human and humane. The irony is a great weapon of his satire. All the great humorists are influenced by Fielding. Fielding employed all types of humor in his novels. In Joseph Andrews, it is farcical, in Tom Jones ironical and in Jonathan Wild satirical. Fielding employed all types of humor in his novels. In Joseph Andrews, it is farcical, in Tom Jones ironical and in Jonathan Wild satirical.
Other Reasons: Fielding is champion in so many other respects. His great contribution is the localization of the scene. He gives graphic details of Tom's journey to London on the highways. His novels are thoroughly English. His dialogues are lively as well as natural. He was a superb craftsman. His art of narration is praiseworthy. He brought a healthy moral vision. He is tolerant of natural human weaknesses but he does not tolerate hypocrisy. He advances a very sound moral philosophy.
Thus Fielding's contribution is noteworthy. He gave to the novel a great scope. Due to his great contributions, Scott called him 'the father of English novel'. About Fielding's contribution Allen says, 'The form the novel took in England for more than a hundred years had its origin in Fielding, and in this respect, Smollett, Scott, Dickens, Thackeray, and Meredith all wrote in his shadow'. and in Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones, and Amelia, which a modern critic has called comic epic, an epic comedy, and domestic epic, respectively, he had established the tradition of realism presented in panoramic surveys of contemporary society that dominated English fiction until the end of the 19th century.
Legacy
Sir Walter Scott called Henry Fielding the “father of the English novel,” and the phrase still indicates Fielding’s place in the history of literature.
Though not actually the first English novelist, he was the first to approach the genre with a fully worked-out theory of the novel; and in Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones, and Amelia, which a modern critic has called comic epic, epic comedy, and domestic epic, respectively, he had established the tradition of a realism presented in panoramic surveys of contemporary society that dominated English fiction until the end of the 19th century.
About Henry Fielding
• Henry Fielding, DEATH DATE:-October 8, 1754
• PLACE OF BIRTH:-Sharpham Park, Somerset,England.
• EDUCATION:-University of Leiden, Eton College
• Symbol:-Father of English Novelist.
• Death:-8 October,1754.
• PLACE OF DEATH:-Lisbon, Portugal.
• His Exceptional Works:
• Joseph Andrews:
Joseph Andrews, or The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and of his Friend Mr. Abraham Adams, was the first published full-length novel of the English author Henry Fielding, and among the first novels in the English language. Published in 1742 and defined by Fielding as a "comic epic poem in prose", it is the story of a good-natured footman's adventures on the road home from London with his friend and mentor, the absent-minded parson Abraham Adams. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/)
•Amelia:
Amelia is a sentimental novel written by Henry Fielding and published in December 1751. It was the fourth and final novel written by Fielding, and it was printed in only one edition while the author was alive, although 5,000 copies were published of the first edition. Amelia follows the life of Amelia and Captain William Booth after they are married. It contains many allusions to classical literature and focuses on the theme of marriage and feminine intelligence, but Fielding's stance on gender issues cannot be determined because of the lack of authorial commentary discussing the matter. Although the novel received praise from many writers and critics, it received more criticism from Fielding's competition, possibly resulting from the "paper war" in which the author was involved. (https://en.wikipedia.org/)
•Tom Jones: (1749).
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, often known simply as Tom Jones, is a comic novel by English playwright and novelist Henry Fielding. It is both a Bildungsroman and a picaresque novel. It was first published on 28 February 1749 in London, and is among the earliest English prose works to be classified as a novel. It is the earliest novel mentioned by W. Somerset Maugham in his 1948 book Great Novelists and Their Novels among the ten best novels of the world. It totals 346,747 words divided into 18 smaller books, each preceded by a discursive chapter, often on topics unrelated to the book itself. It is dedicated to George Lyttleton.
The novel is highly organized, despite its length. Samuel Taylor Coleridge argued that it has one of the "three most perfect plots ever planned." It became a bestseller, with four editions being published in its first year alone. (https://en.wikipedia.org/)
•Jonathan Wild: (1743)
Jonathan Wild, also spelled Wilde (1682 or 1683 – 24 May 1725), was a London underworld figure notable for operating on both sides of the law, posing as a public-spirited crimefighter entitled the "Thief-Taker General".
Wild was exploiting a strong public demand for action during a major London crime wave in the absence of any effective police force. As a powerful gang-leader himself, he became a master manipulator of legal systems, collecting the rewards offered for valuables which he had stolen himself, bribing prison-guards to release his colleagues, and blackmailing any who crossed him. He was responsible for the arrest and execution of Jack Sheppard, a petty thief, and burglar who had won the public's affection as a lovable rogue. However, Wild's duplicity became known, and his men began to give evidence against him. After a suicide attempt, he was hanged at Tyburn before a massive crowd. (https://en.wikipedia.org/)
Father of novelist
Richardson, Fielding, Smollett and Stern are known as the four wheels of the novel. Of them, Fielding's contribution to the English novel is significant. It is true that even before Fielding wrote the novels of Bunyan, Defoe and Richardson.
But no one deserves to be called the father of an English novel. It is the fielding that gave the English novel a definite look and feel. He devised the theory of novel writing. He has made an invaluable contribution to the development of plot construction and characterization. He made the novel an effective weapon of social criticism. He tried to advocate for a healthy vision of life. He assimilated his writings with a very proud purpose. For this reason Sir Walter Scott correctly called him the father of an English novel.
Graphs in Literature
Graph before Fielding did not hold much importance. But Fielding revolutionized the concept of graph construction. He employs a very coherent and organic graph. He conducts them with the utmost skill. The graph of 'Tom Jones' is one of the three best graphs ever planned.
It is a closely-knit organic graph. In short, his graph are thoroughly architectonic. Thus a well-organized graph is one of the main contributions of Fielding.
Comic Epic in Prose: Another contribution of Fielding is his concept of the novel as a comic epic in prose. He formulated the theory of novel in his prefaces of Joseph Andrews.
A heroic epic has a conspicuous hero, grand theme, a continuous action, a journey to the underworld, wars, digressions, discovery, high seriousness, a high moral lesson and bombastic diction in it.
He introduced characters of great variety. He depicted their lives in all its authenticity.
Characterization: Fielding is the creator of the novel of character. He breathed life into his characters. He peopled the novel with a great crowd of lively and interesting characters. They are compounded of both good and evil elements. Like Shakespeare, he portrays all kind of human characters as real human beings.
Realism: Fielding is the first realist of the English novel. Common life is the material of his novels. He brings the whole world, as we see it. He reproduced reality faithfully and accurately. He presents a complete and comprehensive picture of contemporary society. His realism is epical in its range. Thus Fielding is the founder of the modern realistic novel.
Humor: His humor is exuberant, spontaneous, tolerant and genial. He lashes out his satire at affectation, vanity, pedantry, hypocrisy, and vice. But he is always human and humane. The irony is a great weapon of his satire. All the great humorists are influenced by Fielding. Fielding employed all types of humor in his novels. In Joseph Andrews, it is farcical, in Tom Jones ironical and in Jonathan Wild satirical. Fielding employed all types of humor in his novels. In Joseph Andrews, it is farcical, in Tom Jones ironical and in Jonathan Wild satirical.
Other Reasons: Fielding is champion in so many other respects. His great contribution is the localization of the scene. He gives graphic details of Tom's journey to London on the highways. His novels are thoroughly English. His dialogues are lively as well as natural. He was a superb craftsman. His art of narration is praiseworthy. He brought a healthy moral vision. He is tolerant of natural human weaknesses but he does not tolerate hypocrisy. He advances a very sound moral philosophy.
Thus Fielding's contribution is noteworthy. He gave to the novel a great scope. Due to his great contributions, Scott called him 'the father of English novel'. About Fielding's contribution Allen says, 'The form the novel took in England for more than a hundred years had its origin in Fielding, and in this respect, Smollett, Scott, Dickens, Thackeray, and Meredith all wrote in his shadow'. and in Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones, and Amelia, which a modern critic has called comic epic, an epic comedy, and domestic epic, respectively, he had established the tradition of realism presented in panoramic surveys of contemporary society that dominated English fiction until the end of the 19th century.
Legacy
Sir Walter Scott called Henry Fielding the “father of the English novel,” and the phrase still indicates Fielding’s place in the history of literature.
Though not actually the first English novelist, he was the first to approach the genre with a fully worked-out theory of the novel; and in Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones, and Amelia, which a modern critic has called comic epic, epic comedy, and domestic epic, respectively, he had established the tradition of a realism presented in panoramic surveys of contemporary society that dominated English fiction until the end of the 19th century.
About Henry Fielding
• Henry Fielding, DEATH DATE:-October 8, 1754
• PLACE OF BIRTH:-Sharpham Park, Somerset,England.
• EDUCATION:-University of Leiden, Eton College
• Symbol:-Father of English Novelist.
• Death:-8 October,1754.
• PLACE OF DEATH:-Lisbon, Portugal.
• His Exceptional Works:
• Joseph Andrews:
Joseph Andrews, or The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and of his Friend Mr. Abraham Adams, was the first published full-length novel of the English author Henry Fielding, and among the first novels in the English language. Published in 1742 and defined by Fielding as a "comic epic poem in prose", it is the story of a good-natured footman's adventures on the road home from London with his friend and mentor, the absent-minded parson Abraham Adams. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/)
•Amelia:
Amelia is a sentimental novel written by Henry Fielding and published in December 1751. It was the fourth and final novel written by Fielding, and it was printed in only one edition while the author was alive, although 5,000 copies were published of the first edition. Amelia follows the life of Amelia and Captain William Booth after they are married. It contains many allusions to classical literature and focuses on the theme of marriage and feminine intelligence, but Fielding's stance on gender issues cannot be determined because of the lack of authorial commentary discussing the matter. Although the novel received praise from many writers and critics, it received more criticism from Fielding's competition, possibly resulting from the "paper war" in which the author was involved. (https://en.wikipedia.org/)
•Tom Jones: (1749).
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, often known simply as Tom Jones, is a comic novel by English playwright and novelist Henry Fielding. It is both a Bildungsroman and a picaresque novel. It was first published on 28 February 1749 in London, and is among the earliest English prose works to be classified as a novel. It is the earliest novel mentioned by W. Somerset Maugham in his 1948 book Great Novelists and Their Novels among the ten best novels of the world. It totals 346,747 words divided into 18 smaller books, each preceded by a discursive chapter, often on topics unrelated to the book itself. It is dedicated to George Lyttleton.
The novel is highly organized, despite its length. Samuel Taylor Coleridge argued that it has one of the "three most perfect plots ever planned." It became a bestseller, with four editions being published in its first year alone. (https://en.wikipedia.org/)
•Jonathan Wild: (1743)
Jonathan Wild, also spelled Wilde (1682 or 1683 – 24 May 1725), was a London underworld figure notable for operating on both sides of the law, posing as a public-spirited crimefighter entitled the "Thief-Taker General".
Wild was exploiting a strong public demand for action during a major London crime wave in the absence of any effective police force. As a powerful gang-leader himself, he became a master manipulator of legal systems, collecting the rewards offered for valuables which he had stolen himself, bribing prison-guards to release his colleagues, and blackmailing any who crossed him. He was responsible for the arrest and execution of Jack Sheppard, a petty thief, and burglar who had won the public's affection as a lovable rogue. However, Wild's duplicity became known, and his men began to give evidence against him. After a suicide attempt, he was hanged at Tyburn before a massive crowd. (https://en.wikipedia.org/)
Father of novelist
Richardson, Fielding, Smollett and Stern are known as the four wheels of the novel. Of them, Fielding's contribution to the English novel is significant. It is true that even before Fielding wrote the novels of Bunyan, Defoe and Richardson.
But no one deserves to be called the father of an English novel. It is the fielding that gave the English novel a definite look and feel. He devised the theory of novel writing. He has made an invaluable contribution to the development of plot construction and characterization. He made the novel an effective weapon of social criticism. He tried to advocate for a healthy vision of life. He assimilated his writings with a very proud purpose. For this reason Sir Walter Scott correctly called him the father of an English novel.
Graphs in Literature
Graph before Fielding did not hold much importance. But Fielding revolutionized the concept of graph construction. He employs a very coherent and organic graph. He conducts them with the utmost skill. The graph of 'Tom Jones' is one of the three best graphs ever planned.
It is a closely-knit organic graph. In short, his graph are thoroughly architectonic. Thus a well-organized graph is one of the main contributions of Fielding.
Comic Epic in Prose: Another contribution of Fielding is his concept of the novel as a comic epic in prose. He formulated the theory of novel in his prefaces of Joseph Andrews.
A heroic epic has a conspicuous hero, grand theme, a continuous action, a journey to the underworld, wars, digressions, discovery, high seriousness, a high moral lesson and bombastic diction in it.
He introduced characters of great variety. He depicted their lives in all its authenticity.
Characterization: Fielding is the creator of the novel of character. He breathed life into his characters. He peopled the novel with a great crowd of lively and interesting characters. They are compounded of both good and evil elements. Like Shakespeare, he portrays all kind of human characters as real human beings.
Realism: Fielding is the first realist of the English novel. Common life is the material of his novels. He brings the whole world, as we see it. He reproduced reality faithfully and accurately. He presents a complete and comprehensive picture of contemporary society. His realism is epical in its range. Thus Fielding is the founder of the modern realistic novel.
Humor: His humor is exuberant, spontaneous, tolerant and genial. He lashes out his satire at affectation, vanity, pedantry, hypocrisy, and vice. But he is always human and humane. The irony is a great weapon of his satire. All the great humorists are influenced by Fielding. Fielding employed all types of humor in his novels. In Joseph Andrews, it is farcical, in Tom Jones ironical and in Jonathan Wild satirical. Fielding employed all types of humor in his novels. In Joseph Andrews, it is farcical, in Tom Jones ironical and in Jonathan Wild satirical.
Other Reasons: Fielding is champion in so many other respects. His great contribution is the localization of the scene. He gives graphic details of Tom's journey to London on the highways. His novels are thoroughly English. His dialogues are lively as well as natural. He was a superb craftsman. His art of narration is praiseworthy. He brought a healthy moral vision. He is tolerant of natural human weaknesses but he does not tolerate hypocrisy. He advances a very sound moral philosophy.
Thus Fielding's contribution is noteworthy. He gave to the novel a great scope. Due to his great contributions, Scott called him 'the father of English novel'. About Fielding's contribution Allen says, 'The form the novel took in England for more than a hundred years had its origin in Fielding, and in this respect, Smollett, Scott, Dickens, Thackeray, and Meredith all wrote in his shadow'. and in Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones, and Amelia, which a modern critic has called comic epic, an epic comedy, and domestic epic, respectively, he had established the tradition of realism presented in panoramic surveys of contemporary society that dominated English fiction until the end of the 19th century.
Legacy
Sir Walter Scott called Henry Fielding the “father of the English novel,” and the phrase still indicates Fielding’s place in the history of literature.
Though not actually the first English novelist, he was the first to approach the genre with a fully worked-out theory of the novel; and in Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones, and Amelia, which a modern critic has called comic epic, epic comedy, and domestic epic, respectively, he had established the tradition of a realism presented in panoramic surveys of contemporary society that dominated English fiction until the end of the 19th century.
About Henry Fielding
• Henry Fielding, DEATH DATE:-October 8, 1754
• PLACE OF BIRTH:-Sharpham Park, Somerset,England.
• EDUCATION:-University of Leiden, Eton College
• Symbol:-Father of English Novelist.
• Death:-8 October,1754.
• PLACE OF DEATH:-Lisbon, Portugal.
• His Exceptional Works:
• Joseph Andrews:
Joseph Andrews, or The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and of his Friend Mr. Abraham Adams, was the first published full-length novel of the English author Henry Fielding, and among the first novels in the English language. Published in 1742 and defined by Fielding as a "comic epic poem in prose", it is the story of a good-natured footman's adventures on the road home from London with his friend and mentor, the absent-minded parson Abraham Adams. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/)
•Amelia:
Amelia is a sentimental novel written by Henry Fielding and published in December 1751. It was the fourth and final novel written by Fielding, and it was printed in only one edition while the author was alive, although 5,000 copies were published of the first edition. Amelia follows the life of Amelia and Captain William Booth after they are married. It contains many allusions to classical literature and focuses on the theme of marriage and feminine intelligence, but Fielding's stance on gender issues cannot be determined because of the lack of authorial commentary discussing the matter. Although the novel received praise from many writers and critics, it received more criticism from Fielding's competition, possibly resulting from the "paper war" in which the author was involved. (https://en.wikipedia.org/)
•Tom Jones: (1749).
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, often known simply as Tom Jones, is a comic novel by English playwright and novelist Henry Fielding. It is both a Bildungsroman and a picaresque novel. It was first published on 28 February 1749 in London, and is among the earliest English prose works to be classified as a novel. It is the earliest novel mentioned by W. Somerset Maugham in his 1948 book Great Novelists and Their Novels among the ten best novels of the world. It totals 346,747 words divided into 18 smaller books, each preceded by a discursive chapter, often on topics unrelated to the book itself. It is dedicated to George Lyttleton.
The novel is highly organized, despite its length. Samuel Taylor Coleridge argued that it has one of the "three most perfect plots ever planned." It became a bestseller, with four editions being published in its first year alone. (https://en.wikipedia.org/)
•Jonathan Wild: (1743)
Jonathan Wild, also spelled Wilde (1682 or 1683 – 24 May 1725), was a London underworld figure notable for operating on both sides of the law, posing as a public-spirited crimefighter entitled the "Thief-Taker General".
Wild was exploiting a strong public demand for action during a major London crime wave in the absence of any effective police force. As a powerful gang-leader himself, he became a master manipulator of legal systems, collecting the rewards offered for valuables which he had stolen himself, bribing prison-guards to release his colleagues, and blackmailing any who crossed him. He was responsible for the arrest and execution of Jack Sheppard, a petty thief, and burglar who had won the public's affection as a lovable rogue. However, Wild's duplicity became known, and his men began to give evidence against him. After a suicide attempt, he was hanged at Tyburn before a massive crowd. (https://en.wikipedia.org/)
Father of novelist
Richardson, Fielding, Smollett and Stern are known as the four wheels of the novel. Of them, Fielding's contribution to the English novel is significant. It is true that even before Fielding wrote the novels of Bunyan, Defoe and Richardson.
But no one deserves to be called the father of an English novel. It is the fielding that gave the English novel a definite look and feel. He devised the theory of novel writing. He has made an invaluable contribution to the development of plot construction and characterization. He made the novel an effective weapon of social criticism. He tried to advocate for a healthy vision of life. He assimilated his writings with a very proud purpose. For this reason Sir Walter Scott correctly called him the father of an English novel.
Graphs in Literature
Graph before Fielding did not hold much importance. But Fielding revolutionized the concept of graph construction. He employs a very coherent and organic graph. He conducts them with the utmost skill. The graph of 'Tom Jones' is one of the three best graphs ever planned.
It is a closely-knit organic graph. In short, his graph are thoroughly architectonic. Thus a well-organized graph is one of the main contributions of Fielding.
Comic Epic in Prose: Another contribution of Fielding is his concept of the novel as a comic epic in prose. He formulated the theory of novel in his prefaces of Joseph Andrews.
A heroic epic has a conspicuous hero, grand theme, a continuous action, a journey to the underworld, wars, digressions, discovery, high seriousness, a high moral lesson and bombastic diction in it.
He introduced characters of great variety. He depicted their lives in all its authenticity.
Characterization: Fielding is the creator of the novel of character. He breathed life into his characters. He peopled the novel with a great crowd of lively and interesting characters. They are compounded of both good and evil elements. Like Shakespeare, he portrays all kind of human characters as real human beings.
Realism: Fielding is the first realist of the English novel. Common life is the material of his novels. He brings the whole world, as we see it. He reproduced reality faithfully and accurately. He presents a complete and comprehensive picture of contemporary society. His realism is epical in its range. Thus Fielding is the founder of the modern realistic novel.
Humor: His humor is exuberant, spontaneous, tolerant and genial. He lashes out his satire at affectation, vanity, pedantry, hypocrisy, and vice. But he is always human and humane. The irony is a great weapon of his satire. All the great humorists are influenced by Fielding. Fielding employed all types of humor in his novels. In Joseph Andrews, it is farcical, in Tom Jones ironical and in Jonathan Wild satirical. Fielding employed all types of humor in his novels. In Joseph Andrews, it is farcical, in Tom Jones ironical and in Jonathan Wild satirical.
Other Reasons: Fielding is champion in so many other respects. His great contribution is the localization of the scene. He gives graphic details of Tom's journey to London on the highways. His novels are thoroughly English. His dialogues are lively as well as natural. He was a superb craftsman. His art of narration is praiseworthy. He brought a healthy moral vision. He is tolerant of natural human weaknesses but he does not tolerate hypocrisy. He advances a very sound moral philosophy.
Thus Fielding's contribution is noteworthy. He gave to the novel a great scope. Due to his great contributions, Scott called him 'the father of English novel'. About Fielding's contribution Allen says, 'The form the novel took in England for more than a hundred years had its origin in Fielding, and in this respect, Smollett, Scott, Dickens, Thackeray, and Meredith all wrote in his shadow'. and in Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones, and Amelia, which a modern critic has called comic epic, an epic comedy, and domestic epic, respectively, he had established the tradition of realism presented in panoramic surveys of contemporary society that dominated English fiction until the end of the 19th century.
Legacy
Sir Walter Scott called Henry Fielding the “father of the English novel,” and the phrase still indicates Fielding’s place in the history of literature.
Though not actually the first English novelist, he was the first to approach the genre with a fully worked-out theory of the novel; and in Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones, and Amelia, which a modern critic has called comic epic, epic comedy, and domestic epic, respectively, he had established the tradition of a realism presented in panoramic surveys of contemporary society that dominated English fiction until the end of the 19th century.
About Henry Fielding
• Henry Fielding, DEATH DATE:-October 8, 1754
• PLACE OF BIRTH:-Sharpham Park, Somerset,England.
• EDUCATION:-University of Leiden, Eton College
• Symbol:-Father of English Novelist.
• Death:-8 October,1754.
• PLACE OF DEATH:-Lisbon, Portugal.
• His Exceptional Works:
• Joseph Andrews:
Joseph Andrews, or The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and of his Friend Mr. Abraham Adams, was the first published full-length novel of the English author Henry Fielding, and among the first novels in the English language. Published in 1742 and defined by Fielding as a "comic epic poem in prose", it is the story of a good-natured footman's adventures on the road home from London with his friend and mentor, the absent-minded parson Abraham Adams. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/)
•Amelia:
Amelia is a sentimental novel written by Henry Fielding and published in December 1751. It was the fourth and final novel written by Fielding, and it was printed in only one edition while the author was alive, although 5,000 copies were published of the first edition. Amelia follows the life of Amelia and Captain William Booth after they are married. It contains many allusions to classical literature and focuses on the theme of marriage and feminine intelligence, but Fielding's stance on gender issues cannot be determined because of the lack of authorial commentary discussing the matter. Although the novel received praise from many writers and critics, it received more criticism from Fielding's competition, possibly resulting from the "paper war" in which the author was involved. (https://en.wikipedia.org/)
•Tom Jones: (1749).
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, often known simply as Tom Jones, is a comic novel by English playwright and novelist Henry Fielding. It is both a Bildungsroman and a picaresque novel. It was first published on 28 February 1749 in London, and is among the earliest English prose works to be classified as a novel. It is the earliest novel mentioned by W. Somerset Maugham in his 1948 book Great Novelists and Their Novels among the ten best novels of the world. It totals 346,747 words divided into 18 smaller books, each preceded by a discursive chapter, often on topics unrelated to the book itself. It is dedicated to George Lyttleton.
The novel is highly organized, despite its length. Samuel Taylor Coleridge argued that it has one of the "three most perfect plots ever planned." It became a bestseller, with four editions being published in its first year alone. (https://en.wikipedia.org/)
•Jonathan Wild: (1743)
Jonathan Wild, also spelled Wilde (1682 or 1683 – 24 May 1725), was a London underworld figure notable for operating on both sides of the law, posing as a public-spirited crimefighter entitled the "Thief-Taker General".
Wild was exploiting a strong public demand for action during a major London crime wave in the absence of any effective police force. As a powerful gang-leader himself, he became a master manipulator of legal systems, collecting the rewards offered for valuables which he had stolen himself, bribing prison-guards to release his colleagues, and blackmailing any who crossed him. He was responsible for the arrest and execution of Jack Sheppard, a petty thief, and burglar who had won the public's affection as a lovable rogue. However, Wild's duplicity became known, and his men began to give evidence against him. After a suicide attempt, he was hanged at Tyburn before a massive crowd. (https://en.wikipedia.org/)
Father of novelist
Richardson, Fielding, Smollett and Stern are known as the four wheels of the novel. Of them, Fielding's contribution to the English novel is significant. It is true that even before Fielding wrote the novels of Bunyan, Defoe and Richardson.
But no one deserves to be called the father of an English novel. It is the fielding that gave the English novel a definite look and feel. He devised the theory of novel writing. He has made an invaluable contribution to the development of plot construction and characterization. He made the novel an effective weapon of social criticism. He tried to advocate for a healthy vision of life. He assimilated his writings with a very proud purpose. For this reason Sir Walter Scott correctly called him the father of an English novel.
Graphs in Literature
Graph before Fielding did not hold much importance. But Fielding revolutionized the concept of graph construction. He employs a very coherent and organic graph. He conducts them with the utmost skill. The graph of 'Tom Jones' is one of the three best graphs ever planned.
It is a closely-knit organic graph. In short, his graph are thoroughly architectonic. Thus a well-organized graph is one of the main contributions of Fielding.
Comic Epic in Prose: Another contribution of Fielding is his concept of the novel as a comic epic in prose. He formulated the theory of novel in his prefaces of Joseph Andrews.
A heroic epic has a conspicuous hero, grand theme, a continuous action, a journey to the underworld, wars, digressions, discovery, high seriousness, a high moral lesson and bombastic diction in it.
He introduced characters of great variety. He depicted their lives in all its authenticity.
Characterization: Fielding is the creator of the novel of character. He breathed life into his characters. He peopled the novel with a great crowd of lively and interesting characters. They are compounded of both good and evil elements. Like Shakespeare, he portrays all kind of human characters as real human beings.
Realism: Fielding is the first realist of the English novel. Common life is the material of his novels. He brings the whole world, as we see it. He reproduced reality faithfully and accurately. He presents a complete and comprehensive picture of contemporary society. His realism is epical in its range. Thus Fielding is the founder of the modern realistic novel.
Humor: His humor is exuberant, spontaneous, tolerant and genial. He lashes out his satire at affectation, vanity, pedantry, hypocrisy, and vice. But he is always human and humane. The irony is a great weapon of his satire. All the great humorists are influenced by Fielding. Fielding employed all types of humor in his novels. In Joseph Andrews, it is farcical, in Tom Jones ironical and in Jonathan Wild satirical. Fielding employed all types of humor in his novels. In Joseph Andrews, it is farcical, in Tom Jones ironical and in Jonathan Wild satirical.
Other Reasons: Fielding is champion in so many other respects. His great contribution is the localization of the scene. He gives graphic details of Tom's journey to London on the highways. His novels are thoroughly English. His dialogues are lively as well as natural. He was a superb craftsman. His art of narration is praiseworthy. He brought a healthy moral vision. He is tolerant of natural human weaknesses but he does not tolerate hypocrisy. He advances a very sound moral philosophy.
Thus Fielding's contribution is noteworthy. He gave to the novel a great scope. Due to his great contributions, Scott called him 'the father of English novel'. About Fielding's contribution Allen says, 'The form the novel took in England for more than a hundred years had its origin in Fielding, and in this respect, Smollett, Scott, Dickens, Thackeray, and Meredith all wrote in his shadow'. and in Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones, and Amelia, which a modern critic has called comic epic, an epic comedy, and domestic epic, respectively, he had established the tradition of realism presented in panoramic surveys of contemporary society that dominated English fiction until the end of the 19th century.
Legacy
Sir Walter Scott called Henry Fielding the “father of the English novel,” and the phrase still indicates Fielding’s place in the history of literature.
Though not actually the first English novelist, he was the first to approach the genre with a fully worked-out theory of the novel; and in Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones, and Amelia, which a modern critic has called comic epic, epic comedy, and domestic epic, respectively, he had established the tradition of a realism presented in panoramic surveys of contemporary society that dominated English fiction until the end of the 19th century.
About Henry Fielding
• Henry Fielding, DEATH DATE:-October 8, 1754
• PLACE OF BIRTH:-Sharpham Park, Somerset,England.
• EDUCATION:-University of Leiden, Eton College
• Symbol:-Father of English Novelist.
• Death:-8 October,1754.
• PLACE OF DEATH:-Lisbon, Portugal.
• His Exceptional Works:
• Joseph Andrews:
Joseph Andrews, or The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and of his Friend Mr. Abraham Adams, was the first published full-length novel of the English author Henry Fielding, and among the first novels in the English language. Published in 1742 and defined by Fielding as a "comic epic poem in prose", it is the story of a good-natured footman's adventures on the road home from London with his friend and mentor, the absent-minded parson Abraham Adams. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/)
•Amelia:
Amelia is a sentimental novel written by Henry Fielding and published in December 1751. It was the fourth and final novel written by Fielding, and it was printed in only one edition while the author was alive, although 5,000 copies were published of the first edition. Amelia follows the life of Amelia and Captain William Booth after they are married. It contains many allusions to classical literature and focuses on the theme of marriage and feminine intelligence, but Fielding's stance on gender issues cannot be determined because of the lack of authorial commentary discussing the matter. Although the novel received praise from many writers and critics, it received more criticism from Fielding's competition, possibly resulting from the "paper war" in which the author was involved. (https://en.wikipedia.org/)
•Tom Jones: (1749).
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, often known simply as Tom Jones, is a comic novel by English playwright and novelist Henry Fielding. It is both a Bildungsroman and a picaresque novel. It was first published on 28 February 1749 in London, and is among the earliest English prose works to be classified as a novel. It is the earliest novel mentioned by W. Somerset Maugham in his 1948 book Great Novelists and Their Novels among the ten best novels of the world. It totals 346,747 words divided into 18 smaller books, each preceded by a discursive chapter, often on topics unrelated to the book itself. It is dedicated to George Lyttleton.
The novel is highly organized, despite its length. Samuel Taylor Coleridge argued that it has one of the "three most perfect plots ever planned." It became a bestseller, with four editions being published in its first year alone. (https://en.wikipedia.org/)
•Jonathan Wild: (1743)
Jonathan Wild, also spelled Wilde (1682 or 1683 – 24 May 1725), was a London underworld figure notable for operating on both sides of the law, posing as a public-spirited crimefighter entitled the "Thief-Taker General".
Wild was exploiting a strong public demand for action during a major London crime wave in the absence of any effective police force. As a powerful gang-leader himself, he became a master manipulator of legal systems, collecting the rewards offered for valuables which he had stolen himself, bribing prison-guards to release his colleagues, and blackmailing any who crossed him. He was responsible for the arrest and execution of Jack Sheppard, a petty thief, and burglar who had won the public's affection as a lovable rogue. However, Wild's duplicity became known, and his men began to give evidence against him. After a suicide attempt, he was hanged at Tyburn before a massive crowd. (https://en.wikipedia.org/)
Father of novelist
Richardson, Fielding, Smollett and Stern are known as the four wheels of the novel. Of them, Fielding's contribution to the English novel is significant. It is true that even before Fielding wrote the novels of Bunyan, Defoe and Richardson.
But no one deserves to be called the father of an English novel. It is the fielding that gave the English novel a definite look and feel. He devised the theory of novel writing. He has made an invaluable contribution to the development of plot construction and characterization. He made the novel an effective weapon of social criticism. He tried to advocate for a healthy vision of life. He assimilated his writings with a very proud purpose. For this reason Sir Walter Scott correctly called him the father of an English novel.
Graphs in Literature
Graph before Fielding did not hold much importance. But Fielding revolutionized the concept of graph construction. He employs a very coherent and organic graph. He conducts them with the utmost skill. The graph of 'Tom Jones' is one of the three best graphs ever planned.
It is a closely-knit organic graph. In short, his graph are thoroughly architectonic. Thus a well-organized graph is one of the main contributions of Fielding.
Comic Epic in Prose: Another contribution of Fielding is his concept of the novel as a comic epic in prose. He formulated the theory of novel in his prefaces of Joseph Andrews.
A heroic epic has a conspicuous hero, grand theme, a continuous action, a journey to the underworld, wars, digressions, discovery, high seriousness, a high moral lesson and bombastic diction in it.
He introduced characters of great variety. He depicted their lives in all its authenticity.
Characterization: Fielding is the creator of the novel of character. He breathed life into his characters. He peopled the novel with a great crowd of lively and interesting characters. They are compounded of both good and evil elements. Like Shakespeare, he portrays all kind of human characters as real human beings.
Realism: Fielding is the first realist of the English novel. Common life is the material of his novels. He brings the whole world, as we see it. He reproduced reality faithfully and accurately. He presents a complete and comprehensive picture of contemporary society. His realism is epical in its range. Thus Fielding is the founder of the modern realistic novel.
Humor: His humor is exuberant, spontaneous, tolerant and genial. He lashes out his satire at affectation, vanity, pedantry, hypocrisy, and vice. But he is always human and humane. The irony is a great weapon of his satire. All the great humorists are influenced by Fielding. Fielding employed all types of humor in his novels. In Joseph Andrews, it is farcical, in Tom Jones ironical and in Jonathan Wild satirical. Fielding employed all types of humor in his novels. In Joseph Andrews, it is farcical, in Tom Jones ironical and in Jonathan Wild satirical.
Other Reasons: Fielding is champion in so many other respects. His great contribution is the localization of the scene. He gives graphic details of Tom's journey to London on the highways. His novels are thoroughly English. His dialogues are lively as well as natural. He was a superb craftsman. His art of narration is praiseworthy. He brought a healthy moral vision. He is tolerant of natural human weaknesses but he does not tolerate hypocrisy. He advances a very sound moral philosophy.
Thus Fielding's contribution is noteworthy. He gave to the novel a great scope. Due to his great contributions, Scott called him 'the father of English novel'. About Fielding's contribution Allen says, 'The form the novel took in England for more than a hundred years had its origin in Fielding, and in this respect, Smollett, Scott, Dickens, Thackeray, and Meredith all wrote in his shadow'. and in Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones, and Amelia, which a modern critic has called comic epic, an epic comedy, and domestic epic, respectively, he had established the tradition of realism presented in panoramic surveys of contemporary society that dominated English fiction until the end of the 19th century.
Legacy
Sir Walter Scott called Henry Fielding the “father of the English novel,” and the phrase still indicates Fielding’s place in the history of literature.
Though not actually the first English novelist, he was the first to approach the genre with a fully worked-out theory of the novel; and in Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones, and Amelia, which a modern critic has called comic epic, epic comedy, and domestic epic, respectively, he had established the tradition of a realism presented in panoramic surveys of contemporary society that dominated English fiction until the end of the 19th century.
-
Maharaja Krishnakumar Singhji Bhavnagar University, the head of the Department of English, Dr. Dilip Barad, gave this work to students... -
રોમન આંક રોમન આંકમાં એકનો એક આંક વધુમાં વધુ ત્રણ વખત લઈ શકાય , તેના કરતાં વધુ વખત લઈ શકાય નહી . EX. 1=I ...
-
H ello readers, Maharaja Krishnakumar Singhji Bhavnagar University, Head of English Department Professor.Dr. Dilip Barad gave t...
