Joseph Andrews and Shamela(World's Classics) - Softcover

Henry Fielding

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9780192815507: Joseph Andrews and Shamela(World's Classics)

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ISBN 10: 0192815504 ISBN 13: 9780192815507

Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks, 1980

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Joseph Andrews, Fielding's first novel, and Shamela, a splendidly bawdy parody of Richardson's Pamela, tellingly reveal Fielding's great comic gifts. The great success of Tom Jones owed much to the establishment of the comic form in these early works.

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"Hawley's introduction is a model of what such a thing should be (for an undergraduate audience): full of information, but not too pushy. She manages to touch on a truly remarkable number of important bases in just a few pages--an impressive accomplishment. The notes are good, too. This is the best edition out there for college students." -- Douglas Patey, Sophia Smith Professor of English, Smith College

About the Author:

Thomas Keynor is Elmore Fellow and Tutor in English Language and Literature, St. Anne's College, Oxford.

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