Joseph Andrews as a Picaresque Novel: Short Discussion
About Author
Henry Fielding was an English novelist and dramatist known for his picaresque novel Tom Jones. Fielding was born in England in 1707. He was one of the most artistic novelists that our literature has produced. He had a deeper knowledge of life gained from his varied experience. Henry Fielding is breezy and energetic in his narrative. Coleridge truly said about Fielding that –
To take up Fielding after Richardson is like emerging from sick room on to the open lawn…
Introduction
Joseph Andrews is a picaresque novel written by the English playwright Henry Fielding in 1742. Joseph Andrews considered as a picaresque novel but when we critically examine, we discover that the novel Joseph Andrews is not a picaresque novel.
Theme of the Play
Joseph Andrews questions the definition of virtue clearly bearing it’s property basis in mind. Sometimes playfully, sometimes seriously, Fielding advocates the importance of male virtue in Christian terms: charity, long – suffering even chastity.
Summary
Joseph Andrews had been ten or eleven years in the service of Sir Thomas Booby. With a very little money and fewer prospects, Joseph sets out from London to Somerset to see his sweetheart, Fanny, for whose sake he had withstood Lady Booby’s advances. The very first night of his journey, Joseph was attacked by robbers who stole his money, beat him and left him naked and half dead. A passing coach stopped when the passengers heard his cries and he was taken to a nearby inn. Joseph was well – cared until the innkeeper’s wife discovered that he was penniless. He was recognized by another visitor on the inn Parson Adams. He paid Joseph’s bill with his savings and decided to accompany Joseph’s back to Somerset. Now both lovers Joseph and Fanny were secure in their social positions, and nothing further could prevent their marriage. They were married soon to the happiness of all the concerned.
Joseph Andrews – A Picaresque Novel
The term picaresque derived from a Spanish word Picaro which means a villain. Originally a type of romance that concerned with villains is called Picaresque.Joseph Andrews is considered as a picaresque novel, but when we critically examine the novel Joseph Andrews, we discover that the novel Joseph Andrews is not a picaresque novel.
Conclusion
The novel Joseph Andrews is a satire on the eighteenth century English social life of London. In Joseph Andrews, Fielding applies all the rules of the comic epic. Joseph Andrews will always be remembered for its purity, perseverance and faith in religious values. Henry Fielding was true in saying that –
Examples work more forcibly on the mind than prospects…
Henry Fielding was an English novelist and dramatist known for his picaresque novel Tom Jones. Fielding was born in England in 1707. He was one of the most artistic novelists that our literature has produced. He had a deeper knowledge of life gained from his varied experience. Henry Fielding is breezy and energetic in his narrative. Coleridge truly said about Fielding that –
To take up Fielding after Richardson is like emerging from sick room on to the open lawn…
Introduction
Joseph Andrews is a picaresque novel written by the English playwright Henry Fielding in 1742. Joseph Andrews considered as a picaresque novel but when we critically examine, we discover that the novel Joseph Andrews is not a picaresque novel.
Theme of the Play
Joseph Andrews questions the definition of virtue clearly bearing it’s property basis in mind. Sometimes playfully, sometimes seriously, Fielding advocates the importance of male virtue in Christian terms: charity, long – suffering even chastity.
Summary
Joseph Andrews had been ten or eleven years in the service of Sir Thomas Booby. With a very little money and fewer prospects, Joseph sets out from London to Somerset to see his sweetheart, Fanny, for whose sake he had withstood Lady Booby’s advances. The very first night of his journey, Joseph was attacked by robbers who stole his money, beat him and left him naked and half dead. A passing coach stopped when the passengers heard his cries and he was taken to a nearby inn. Joseph was well – cared until the innkeeper’s wife discovered that he was penniless. He was recognized by another visitor on the inn Parson Adams. He paid Joseph’s bill with his savings and decided to accompany Joseph’s back to Somerset. Now both lovers Joseph and Fanny were secure in their social positions, and nothing further could prevent their marriage. They were married soon to the happiness of all the concerned.
Joseph Andrews – A Picaresque Novel
The term picaresque derived from a Spanish word Picaro which means a villain. Originally a type of romance that concerned with villains is called Picaresque.Joseph Andrews is considered as a picaresque novel, but when we critically examine the novel Joseph Andrews, we discover that the novel Joseph Andrews is not a picaresque novel.
Conclusion
The novel Joseph Andrews is a satire on the eighteenth century English social life of London. In Joseph Andrews, Fielding applies all the rules of the comic epic. Joseph Andrews will always be remembered for its purity, perseverance and faith in religious values. Henry Fielding was true in saying that –
Examples work more forcibly on the mind than prospects…