Evidence: | ?In the works of Fielding our credulity is not taxed for superfluous admiration by any of those faultless monsters? Fielding?s chief excellence appears to lie in the delineation of his characters that combine simplicity, ignorance and benevolence. His Parson Adams and his Partridge will still induce us to tolerate even Joseph Andrews and Tom Jones. His mind appeared incapable of concocting a character of real virtue. His Allworthy is a prosing, self sufficient moral pedant; in Joseph Andrews virtue is ridiculous; in Tom Jones vice is honourable. Nobody now reads either but the school boy, and one of the earliest signs of an improved taste, and an advancement in Christian morality, is the rejection of both.? |
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Century: | 1700-1799, 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
Country: | Ireland | ||||||||||
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Reader: | Charles Maturin |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 1782 |
Socio-economic group: | Clergy (includes all denominations) |
Occupation: | Curate |
Religion: | Christian (Church of England) |
Country of origin: | Ireland |
Country of experience: | Ireland |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
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Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Henry Fielding |
Title: | The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | London, 1749 |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 4103 | |
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Author: | Charles Robert Maturin | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | The British Review and London Critical Journal | |
Place of Publication: | n/a | |
Date of Publication: | 1818 | |
Vol: | XI | |
Page: | 41 | |
Additional comments: | Review on the publication of Harrington and Ormond by Maria Edgeworth. |
Citation: | Charles Robert Maturin, The British Review and London Critical Journal (1818), XI, p. 41, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=4103, accessed: 23 April 2024 |
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