Product Description

A study of Henry Fielding, his life and his work. It discusses issues such as Fielding's residences; his family members and household; historical persons, including authors, who influenced him; his works; themes and topics important to his writings; and characters in his plays and prose fiction.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3528730 in Books
• Published on: 2000-06-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 360 pages

Review
"The work Professor Battestin has produced, A Henry Fielding Companion, is a remarkable achievement. It is full of accurate information and important insights presented in a very clear and attractive style. A Henry Fielding Companion will be of great benefit to both the eighteenth-century specialist and the general reader."-Frederick G. Ribble Author of Fieldings Library: An Annotated Catalogue

Customer Reviews

An invaluable reference tool
Martin C Battestin seems to have devoted his life to Henry Fielding studies and for that we students of literature should be eternally greatful. Not only has he provided us with many critical studies, scholarly editions of texts and an encyclopaedic biography ('A Life', 1989) but now all that knowledge and experience comes together in one easy-to-use reference guide. Backgrounds, sources, contemporaries, characters, settings and all manner of other information connected with Fielding in all aspects of his life are gathered here at one's fingertips.Thus, in it's scope, it is an invaluable reference tool - not just for Fielding enthusiasts, but for Eighteenth Century scholars as a whole. Yes, it is expensive, but the scholarship is beyond reproach and the volume looks and feels impressive. Besides, apart from his main novels, Fielding is still considered a more marginal writer, whereas companions to writers like Dickens have been around for a while. Our wait has not been in vain, though. Surely this is one of the most comprehensive companions to an English author we have seen. Professor Battestin is bequeathing the next generation of Fielding scholars a supreme legacy. It is our job to take works like this, to use them and build on them.