For Henry Fielding, 'storytelling', whether in the form of a play,
essay or novel, was a means of transmuting the dross of his own
experiences.
In this important new critical biography, Ronald Paulson
brilliantly demonstrates how Fielding's life and writings evolved
according to his experiments with different professions. It is not
sufficient to say that he moved from one literary genre to the
next, from drama to essay, from satire to novel. As a playwright
and theater manager he thematized the theater and its workings in
his writings, moving on to do the same as a journalist, barrister,
and finally magistrate. Tom Jones, for example, can be interpreted
as a self-projection, seen from the perspective of a barrister, an
advocate for the defense; or Billy Booth as a conflation of the
author and his father, seen now from the perspective of a grim but
just magistrate.
Each chapter in this intriguing book begins with an annotated
chronology of the known facts, followed by analyses of the
important issues. Paulson's account will be essential reading for
all admirers of Fielding as well as serious students of his
work.
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