Hogarth's Influence on Fielding

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In this paper, the writer states that caricaturist, William Hogarth was able to achieve with his prints and caricatures, what his contemporaries strive to attain through their writings and poems. It looks at how his political agenda was served through his cartoons and engravings, as they depicted a very real picture of the life and society in the 18th century. It looks at how his work influenced Fielding's writings - also filled with a political agenda.

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. It is commonly believed that, "In his masterpieces - "A Harlot's Progress," "A Rake's Progress," "Marriage A-la-Mode" and "Gin Lane" - he created an image of society so resonant and enduring that the adjective "Hogarthian" has come to define 18th-Century England." (Smith, 9) Henry Fielding was another famous name of those days. He wasn't just a contemporary of Hogarth's but was his close friend and staunch supporter. Together they fought against the immorality persisting in their society by highlighting its weaknesses in their works. Smith (1997) adds, "Hogarth, along with writers like his friend Henry Fielding, pioneered a vigorous, assertively British aesthetic that proudly declared its independence from the oppressive weight of classical tradition and unthinking reverence for continental art."
Fielding was deeply impressed by Hogarth's courage and brilliance and thus took inspiration from his works for his own writings. Fielding's famous works include Shamela, Joseph Andrews and Tom Jones, all three of which show prominent signs of Hogarth's influence."

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