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Joseph Andrews with Shamela: A Norton Critical Edition: 0 Paperback – 8 January 2010

by Henry Fielding (Author), Homer Goldberg (Author)
3.7 out of 5 stars 17 ratings
Edition: Norton Critical

An accurate text of Shamela (Fielding's satire of Samuel Richardson's Pamela, the most popular epistolary novel of the eighteenth century) as well as An Essay on the Knowledge of the Characters of Men, selections from The Champion, and the Preface to The Adventures of David Simple are also included. All of the texts are fully annotated.

"Backgrounds" contains generous extracts from works that Fielding satirized-Pamela and Conyer Middleton's Dedication to the Life of Cicero-and emulated-Gil Blas and selections from Don Quixote, the Roman Comique, and Le Paysan Parvenu. The section concludes with a general explanation of the political and religious contexts in which Joseph Andrews was written.

"Criticism" 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 The Student, or Oxford and Cambridge Monthly Miscellany, by William Hazlitt, James Beattie, and Sarah Fielding and Jane Collier.

Modern assessments are by Mark Spilka, Dick Taylor, Jr., Martin Battestin, Sheldon Sacks, Morris Golden, Brian McCrea, and Homer Goldberg.

A Selected Bibliography is also included.

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  1. ISBN-10
    0393955559
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0393955552
  3. Edition
    Norton Critical
  4. Publisher
    *Norton agency titles
  5. Publication date
    8 January 2010
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    13.21 x 2.79 x 21.34 cm
  8. Print length
    512 pages
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About the Author

Homer Goldberg is Distinguished Teaching Professor of English, Emeritus, at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He is the author of The Art of Joseph Andrews.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ *Norton agency titles; Norton Critical edition (8 January 2010)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 512 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0393955559
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0393955552
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.21 x 2.79 x 21.34 cm
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  • Glynnis
    3.0 out of 5 stars English Lit
    Reviewed in the United States on 28 June 2006
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    I had to read this book for a college fiction class. I thought it wouldnt get any worse then this. However to my surprise this book was quite enjoyable in a classical kind of way! My professor said that this is supposed to be one of the first novels ever written and I was surprised that it had all the basics of a great modern read. Love,Sex,and Betrayel.

    If you have to read this book dont be discourgaged its not all that bad. (smile)
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  • Danielle
    1.0 out of 5 stars Wrong Edition
    Reviewed in the United States on 1 October 2014
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    Even though it says on the sticker that it is the Norton Critical Edition, I recieved a Signet Classics edition published in 1960. These are two very different editions and I had to purchase another copy of the book at my own expense.
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