Pamela Censured by Anonymous
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| Author | Anonymous |
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| Commentator | Batten, Charles |
| LoC No. | 76622991 |
| Title | Pamela Censured |
| Note | Reading ease score: 61.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
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| Summary | "Pamela Censured" is a critical response to Samuel Richardson's novel "Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded," likely written in the early 18th century. The text is an anonymous critique that asserts that the original work improperly presents moral virtue while simultaneously containing lurid and suggestive content. The author argues that the story, centered on the character Pamela Andrews, cleverly disguises immoral and seductive ideas as virtue. At the start of "Pamela Censured," the anonymous author reviews the glowing praises with which Richardson's novel was received upon its release, but expresses shock at the story's more salacious elements. The critique unfolds as a letter to the editor, dissecting the narrative and highlighting specific instances where Pamela’s experiences, meant to reflect virtue, may actually guide young readers towards immoral thoughts and actions instead. The author contends that Pamela's trials—and the gentleman's advances towards her—are portrayed in such a way that they may lead both young men and women to misconstrue these situations as models of romantic or sexual behavior, thus questioning the moral integrity of the original work and its suitability for young readers. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Richardson, Samuel, 1689-1761. Pamela |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 33735 |
| Release Date | Sep 16, 2010 |
| Most Recently Updated | Jan 7, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 92 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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