{"product_id":"joseph-andrews-with-shamela-and-related-writings-by-henry-fielding-9780393955552","title":"Joseph Andrews with Shamela and Related Writings","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn accurate text of \u003cem\u003eShamela\u003c\/em\u003e (Fielding's satire of Samuel Richardson's \u003cem\u003ePamela\u003c\/em\u003e, the most popular epistolary novel of the eighteenth century) is included, as well as \u003cem\u003eAn Essay on the Knowledge of the Characters of Men\u003c\/em\u003e, selections from \u003cem\u003eThe Champion\u003c\/em\u003e, and the Preface to \u003cem\u003eThe Adventures of David Simple\u003c\/em\u003e. All of the texts are fully annotated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBackgrounds\u003c\/em\u003e contains generous extracts from works that Fielding satirised—\u003cem\u003ePamela\u003c\/em\u003e and Conyer Middleton's \u003cem\u003eDedication to the Life of Cicero\u003c\/em\u003e—and emulated—\u003cem\u003eGil Blas\u003c\/em\u003e and selections from \u003cem\u003eDon Quixote\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eRoman Comique\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eLe Paysan Parvenu\u003c\/em\u003e. The section concludes with a general explanation of the political and religious contexts in which \u003cem\u003eJoseph Andrews\u003c\/em\u003e was written.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCriticism\u003c\/em\u003e offers a broad range of responses to the novel. Contemporary assessments include selected letters of Thomas Gray, William Shenstone, Samuel Richardson, and others, as well as commentary from \u003cem\u003eThe Student, or Oxford and Cambridge Monthly Miscellany\u003c\/em\u003e, by William Hazlitt, James Beattie, and Sarah Fielding and Jane Collier.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eModern assessments are by Mark Spilka, Dick Taylor, Jr., Martin Battestin, Sheldon Sacks, Morris Golden, Brian McCrea, and Homer Goldberg.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA Selected Bibliography is also included.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47461100945644,"sku":"9780393955552","price":40.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780393955552-joseph-andrews-with-shamela-and-related-writings.jpg?v=1774958123","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/joseph-andrews-with-shamela-and-related-writings-by-henry-fielding-9780393955552","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}