A study of the drama of Henry Fielding (Part 2) : from Don Quixote in England : a comedy to The coffee-house politician

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  • フィールディング劇管見その2 : Don Quixote in England : a comedyからThe coffee-house politicianへ
  • フィールディングゲキ カンケン ソノ2 : Don Quixote in England a comedy カラ The coffee-house politician エ
  • フィールディングゲキ カンケン ソノ2 : イングランド ニ アラワレタ ドン キホーテ カラ コーヒーテン ノ セイジカ エ

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As for the time when Don Quixote in England was staged in April 1734 at Haymarket in London, it may be called the turning point when Henry Fielding changed his political support by dedicating his drama to Walpole's political rival, the Earl of Chesterfield. It is in Rape upon Rape, staged in June 1730, that we can trace the first satiric innuendo against Walpole since Fielding returned from Holland. By the coincidence between the time of Fielding's scenario writing of both works, it may be conjectured that both dramas focused on the English rotten elections during Walpole's regime. Thus The Rape upon the Rape was renamed as The Coffee-House Politician in November 1730. As the theatrical names suggest, it can be conjectured that both works set out to satirize an English rotten borough by making Spanish aliens emerge into England or a judge who is a guardian of the English judicial system, is ironically accused as a rapist.

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  • 言語文化

    言語文化 10 (4), 619-641, 2008-03-10

    Doshisha Society for the Study of Language and Culture

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