Joseph Andrews

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Joseph Andrews is a comic novel by Henry Fielding that parodies the sentimental fiction of its time and is considered a foundational work of the English realistic novel.

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instanceOf comic novel
novel
adaptationDirector Tony Richardson
adaptationReleaseYear 1977
adaptedAs Joseph Andrews self-linksurface differs
surface form: Joseph Andrews (1977 film)
author Henry Fielding
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
describedAs comic epic-poem in prose
firstEditionFormat two volumes
genre bildungsroman
comic novel
picaresque novel
satirical novel
hasCriticalReception highly influential in development of the English novel
hasIllustrationsInSomeEditions yes
hasPart Book I
Book II
Book III
Book IV
hasPreface authorial preface on the comic epic-poem in prose
hasSequel The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
hasTheme charity and benevolence
class and social hierarchy
hypocrisy
religion and morality
virtue
influencedBy Don Quixote
Miguel de Cervantes
literaryForm prose fiction
literaryMovement Augustan literature
literarySignificance foundational work of the English realistic novel
mainCharacter Fanny Goodwill
Joseph Andrews self-linksurface differs
surface form: Joseph Andrews (fictional character)

Lady Booby
Mrs Slipslop
Parson Adams
narrativePerspective third-person omniscient
originalLanguage English
parodies Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded
sentimental fiction
partOf English literature canon
placeOfPublication London, England
surface form: London
publicationDate 1742
publisher A. Millar
setting 18th-century England
targetAudience adult readers
timePeriodOfWork 18th century

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Augustan literature notableWork Joseph Andrews
Henry Fielding notableWork Joseph Andrews
Joseph Andrews mainCharacter Joseph Andrews self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Joseph Andrews (fictional character)
Joseph Andrews adaptedAs Joseph Andrews self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Joseph Andrews (1977 film)