Tomfoolery as Teacher: A Raucous Romp through Lusty Ladies and Treacherous Taverns Punctuated by Chance Encounters with Good Samaritans with your Host, Parson Adams
Parson Adams would rather be a fool (or play one) than boast street smarts or be wise in the ways of the world, which would...
Satire as Antidote: Anti-Pamela and Shamela
Dear Readers, After outlining the top five reasons for which Pamela "is by no means innocent," the mock editor of Fielding's Shamela writes: "What hath...
The Legend of Pamela: Or, “Oh the sword! The sword!” in which Pamela Defeats Villains Equipped with Nothing but Physical Weakness and Verbal Strength
Emerging victorious after conquering the first bosses presented in Pamela: Or, Virtue Rewarded, the Would-Be Ravishing Rake Mr. B. and his servant, “do as I’m...
The Road to Riches Is Paved with Prudishness and Prose
Pamela, elevated to fame and infamy with her own novel alternately titled "Virtue Rewarded"--the most popular novel of her time--preserves her virtue, and thus her...
Less is More: Haywood’s Fantomina and Women’s Compensation for Roles of Lover and Writer
“Seduction narratives … precisely dramatize such an uneasy relationship toward their readership within the tale of love. Interpretation of the ‘signs’ of love and their...