Book contents
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Acknowledgements
- Dedication
- Author's Note
- Introduction
- 1 ‘So Dissipated, Though Well Born and Well-Educated a Youth’
- 2 ‘Unshap'd Monsters of a Wanton Brain!’: 1728–1731
- 3 ‘Court Poet’?: 1732–1735
- 4 ‘Dramatick Satire’: 1736–1739
- 5 ‘Writ in Defence of the Rights of the People’: 1739–1741
- 6 The Political Significance of The Opposition. A Vision
- 7 ‘There are Several Boobies who are Squires’: 1742–1745
- 8 ‘A Strenuous Advocate for the Ministry’: 1745–1748
- 9 ‘A Hearty Well-Wisher to the Glorious Cause of Liberty’: Tom Jones and the Forty-Five
- 10 ‘This Botcher in Law and Politics’: 1749–1754
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
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Author's Note
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Acknowledgements
- Dedication
- Author's Note
- Introduction
- 1 ‘So Dissipated, Though Well Born and Well-Educated a Youth’
- 2 ‘Unshap'd Monsters of a Wanton Brain!’: 1728–1731
- 3 ‘Court Poet’?: 1732–1735
- 4 ‘Dramatick Satire’: 1736–1739
- 5 ‘Writ in Defence of the Rights of the People’: 1739–1741
- 6 The Political Significance of The Opposition. A Vision
- 7 ‘There are Several Boobies who are Squires’: 1742–1745
- 8 ‘A Strenuous Advocate for the Ministry’: 1745–1748
- 9 ‘A Hearty Well-Wisher to the Glorious Cause of Liberty’: Tom Jones and the Forty-Five
- 10 ‘This Botcher in Law and Politics’: 1749–1754
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
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- A Political Biography of Henry Fielding , pp. ix - xPublisher: Pickering & ChattoFirst published in: 2014