The Pamela Controversy: Criticisms And Adaptations Of Samuel Richardson's Pamela, 1740 1750

by John Mullan (Editor )

This volume documents the literary controversy and debate over Samuel Richardson's novel, "Pamela", published in 1741. It brings together and reprints key sources within the debate, including artists such as Francis Hayman, Hubert Gravelot, Joseph Highmore and Philip Mercer.

2240 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

John Mullan is a Professor of English at University College London. He was General Editor of the Pickering & Chatto series Lives of the Great Romantics by Their Contemporaries, and Associate Editor for the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. A regular radio broadcaster and literary journalist, he writes on contemporary fiction for the Guardian and was a judge for the 2009 Man Booker Prize. John is a specialist in eighteenth-century literature.

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Reviews

[Rebecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fantastic and highly useful critical work of Richardson's Pamela, featuring a multitude of contemporary responses to the novel across different genres.