This author's attacks on the British government in plays like Pasquin and The Historical Register prompted the passage of the Theatrical Licensing Act.
This author's attacks on the British government in plays like Pasquin and The Historical Register prompted the passage of the Theatrical Licensing Act. This author contrasted Mr. and Mrs. Heartfree with the title "great man" in a satirical novel about the life of a notorious criminal, Jonathan Wild. Lady Booby fails to seduce the virtuous title character of his novel Joseph Andrews, which parodies Samuel Richardson's Pamela. Another of his novels follows the rival of Bilfil, a sexually promiscuous "foundling" who is raised by Squire Allworthy and marries Sophia Western. FTP, name this 18th-century British author of Tom Jones.
This author's attacks on the British government in plays like Pasquin and The Historical Register prompted the passage of the Theatrical Licensing Act.
Henry Fielding