This thesis has explored the portrayal of the clerical figure in Fielding's four novels: Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones, Amelia, and Jonathan Wild. Through the use of non- fiction accounts of the period, certain characteristic virtues and vices of the order are ascertained. Fielding's own essays in The True Patriot and The Champion are also analyzed in some detail, in order that further insight into his true feelings toward the clergy might be established.In addition to giving particular attention to the major clerical figures alone, the minor portraits and the famili6s of the clerics are also considered. Comments concerning the clergy, made by non-clerical characters, have also been considered in order that a more complete picture might be obtained.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BSU/oai:cardinalscholar.bsu.edu:handle/180505 |
| Date | January 1972 |
| Creators | Dreyer, Dawn Sova, 1949- |
| Contributors | Adrian, Daryl B. |
| Source Sets | Ball State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Format | iv, 89 leaves ; 28 cm. |
| Source | Virtual Press |
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