Literary Criticism (1400-1800)

Fielding, Henry | Further Reading

FURTHER READING

Baker, Sheridan. "Bridget Allworthy: The Creative Pressures of Fielding's Plot." In Tom Jones: The Authoritative Text, Contemporary Reactions, Criticism, edited by Sheridan Baker, pp. 778-786. New York: W.W. Norton, 1995. Originally published in Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters 52 (1967): 345-56.

Argues that an examination of the little-studied character of Bridget reveals something of Fielding's technique in creating Tom Jones.

Bartschi, Helen. "Character's Speeches: Transparence and Intertextuality." In her The Doing and Undoing of Fiction: A Study of Joseph Andrews, pp. 72-115. Beme: Peter Lang, 1983.

Focuses on the characters of Slipslop and Lady Booby, with attention to the use of language.

Campbell, Jill. "Fielding and the Novel at Mid-Century." In The Columbia History of the British Novel, edited by John Richetti, pp. 102-126. New York: Columbia...

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