Fieldingesque
Fieldingesque adjective: in the style of the novelist and dramatist Henry Fielding.
Adjective
Fieldingesque (comparative more Fieldingesque, superlative most Fieldingesque)
- In the style of the novelist and dramatist Henry Fielding
- Sexually frank and verbally inventive, Cleland's text constitutes an intriguing response to the dual claims of Richardsonian and Fieldingesque fiction.2006, Brean Hammond, Shaun Regan, Making the Novel: Fiction and Society in Britain, 1660-1789
- But the only examples that Benson provides of this separate Fieldingesque perspective are the novel's title and what he calls the self-pitying epigraph from Gertrude Stein (ibid.).2011, Peter L. Hays, The Critical Reception of Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises, page 69
Forms of Fieldingesque
| comparative | more Fieldingesque |
|---|---|
| superlative | most Fieldingesque |
Origin of Fieldingesque
From Fielding + -esque.
Questions about Fieldingesque
- What does Fieldingesque mean?
- Fieldingesque means in the style of the novelist and dramatist Henry Fielding.
- What part of speech is Fieldingesque?
- Fieldingesque is an adjective.
Words near Fieldingesque in the dictionary
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