Why did Henry Fielding, a novelist of the early 18th century, claim that he was the founder of a new province of writing where he could make his own laws? Explain.

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According to Henry fielding all the readers of his subjects are bound to follow the rules he creates.He states this because according to him he is not a jure divino tyrant and his readers are not slaves ,but he felts that it is the readers duty to follow his laws for their own good.

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