The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews And of his Friend Mr. Abraham Adams/An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews

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OXFORD WORLD'S CLASSICS
Henry Fielding
Joseph Andrews . Shamel.^
Edited by Douglas Brooks-Davies and Martin C. Battestin Revised with a new Introduction and Notes by Thomas Keymer
'I had Fielding's wretched Performance, for which I thank you. It will entertain none but Porters or Watermen.'
George Cheyne to Samuel Richardson, 1742
Both Joseph Andrews (1742) and Shamela (1741) were prompted by the success of Richardson's Pamela (1740), of which Shamela is a splendidly bawdy parody. But in Shamela Fielding also demonstrates his concern for the corruption of contemporary society, politics, religion, morality, and taste. The same themes, together with that of love in all its guises, are present in Joseph Andrews, Fielding's first novel. It is a work of considerable literary sophistication and satirical verve, but its appeal lies also in its spirit of comic affirmation, epitomized in the celebrated character of Parson Adams.
This revised and expanded edition follows the text of... Tovább

Fülszöveg

OXFORD WORLD'S CLASSICS
Henry Fielding
Joseph Andrews . Shamel.^
Edited by Douglas Brooks-Davies and Martin C. Battestin Revised with a new Introduction and Notes by Thomas Keymer
'I had Fielding's wretched Performance, for which I thank you. It will entertain none but Porters or Watermen.'
George Cheyne to Samuel Richardson, 1742
Both Joseph Andrews (1742) and Shamela (1741) were prompted by the success of Richardson's Pamela (1740), of which Shamela is a splendidly bawdy parody. But in Shamela Fielding also demonstrates his concern for the corruption of contemporary society, politics, religion, morality, and taste. The same themes, together with that of love in all its guises, are present in Joseph Andrews, Fielding's first novel. It is a work of considerable literary sophistication and satirical verve, but its appeal lies also in its spirit of comic affirmation, epitomized in the celebrated character of Parson Adams.
This revised and expanded edition follows the text of Joseph Andrews established by Martin C. Battestin for the definitive Wesleyan Edition of Fielding's works. The text oi Shamela is based on the first edition, and two substantial appendices reprint the preliminary matter from Conyers Middleton's Life of Cicero and the second edition of Richardson's Pamela (both closely parodied in Shamela).
• INTRODUCTION • TEXTUAL NOTE • BIBLIOGRAPHY • CHRONOLOGY • APPENDICES • EXPLANATORY NOTES
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Cover illustration: detail from TheHuwoursofan Election, IV: Chairing theMemlyer, 1755, by William Hogarth. By courtesy of the Trustees of Sir John Soane's Museum. Vissza