num_pages: 336
description: Published together for the first time, Eliza Haywood's Anti-Pamela and Henry Fielding's An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews are the two most important responses to Samuel Richardson's novel Pamela. Anti-Pamela comments on Richardson's representations of work, virtue, and gender, while also questioning the generic expectations of the novel that Pamela establishes, and it provides a vivid portrayal of the material realities of life for a woman in eighteenth-century London. Fielding's Shamela punctures both the figure Richardson established for himself as an author and Pamela's preoccupation with virtue.This Broadview edition also includes a rich selection of historical materials, including writings from the period on sexuality, women's work, Pamela and the print trade, and education and conduct.
language: English
title: Anti-Pamela and Shamela
titlecomplete: Anti-Pamela and Shamela
genres: Classics, British Literature, Comedy, College, 18th Century, Humor, School, Historical Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 260
publisher: Broadview Press