SOURCE: "The Meaning of a Male Parmela," in her Natural Masques: Gender and Identity in Fielding's Plays and Novels, Stanford University Press, 1995, pp. 67-89.
In this chapter from her book Natural Masques: Gender and Identity in Fielding's Plays and Novels, Campbell argues that Joseph Andrews not only compels us to examine assumptions about gender roles but also demonstrates the potential of the novel as a new genre to offer new modes of characterization.
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