...Clinker. ' "VfO one will contend,' says Henry Fielding in the Preface to .L i one of his sister's books, ' that the epistolary Style is in general the most proper to a Novelist, or that [and here he was plainly thinking of a certain work called Pamela] it hath been used by the best Writers...

...CLINKER.' 'JVIO one will contend,' says Henry Fielding * ^ in the Preface to one of his sister's books, ' that the epistolary Style is in general the most proper to a Novelist, or that [and here he was plainly thinking of a certain work called " Pamela"] it hath been used by the best...

...defects which, in its first novelty, were overlooked or condoned. " No one " — wrote Fielding — " will contend that the epistolary Style is in general the most proper to a Novelist " ; and what Fielding said in 1747 has been endorsed by the great majority of his successors in the...

...épistolaire : ... « sure no one vvill contend, that thé epistolary style is in » général thé most proper to a novelist, or that it hath been used » by thé best \viters of this kind. . . To conclude this point, I know » not of one essential différence...

...letters and English imitations of them. It is a hit at Richardson — is it not? — when he says: "And sure no one will contend, that the epistolary...hath been used by the best writers of this kind." Most of all, Fielding admired Lyttelton's "Persian Letters" descriptive of English manners and institutions,...

...letters and English imitations of them. It is a hit at Richardson — is it not? — when he says: "And sure no one will contend, that the epistolary...hath been used by the best writers of this kind." Most of all, Fielding admired Lyttelton's "Persian Letters" descriptive of English manners and institutions,...

...letters and English imitations of them. It is a hit at Richardson — is it not? — when he says: "And sure no one will contend, that the epistolary...hath been used by the best writers of this kind." Most of all, Fielding admired Lyttelton's "Persian Letters" descriptive of English manners and institutions,...

...published in 1747 by his sister Sarah, he condemns the epistolary novel in the following terms : " Sure no one will contend that the epistolary style...it hath been used by the best writers of this kind " and lower down " to conclude this point I know not of any essential difference between this and any...

...those on the subject of literature and criticism. Much less it is adapted to the novel or storywriter ; for what difference is there, whether a tale is related...it hath been used by the best writers of this kind" (p. 546). „to preserve (style of conservation) in relating stories that run to any length, would...

...Ease and Advantage, than the Author himself." And no doubt with Richardson in mind, Fielding adds that "sure no one will contend, that the epistolary Style...that it hath been used by the best Writers of this kind."24 Like Congreve, Fielding lectured his critics in the basic principles of his art, principles...