Pamela was written in 1740 by Samuel Richardson. She was obsessed with chastity. And this was made fun of Henry Fielding in Shamela (1741). This interpretation of Pamela was the origin of the “Pamelist” and “Anti-Pamelist”.
Here, I have compared these two groups:
Pamelist
• Positive reaction to the book
• They thought that Pamela could be a great model to young women
• Low classes indentified themselves in Pamela. She is the main character and she is not a beggar or criminal (to be a criminal o beggar is associated with low classes). Lower classes have a bad reputation and this helps to change it.
• They thought that Pamela was very brave.
Anti-Pamelist
• Negative reactions to the book
• They thought that the behavior of this girl wasn’t correct because she used her beauty to handle males for their own benefits.
• They couldn’t accept the idealization of the lower classes behavior because they thought that high classes are better than lower.
• They thought that she used sexuality. They also thought that there is a double moral in the book.
• Positive reaction to the book
• They thought that Pamela could be a great model to young women
• Low classes indentified themselves in Pamela. She is the main character and she is not a beggar or criminal (to be a criminal o beggar is associated with low classes). Lower classes have a bad reputation and this helps to change it.
• They thought that Pamela was very brave.
Anti-Pamelist
• Negative reactions to the book
• They thought that the behavior of this girl wasn’t correct because she used her beauty to handle males for their own benefits.
• They couldn’t accept the idealization of the lower classes behavior because they thought that high classes are better than lower.
• They thought that she used sexuality. They also thought that there is a double moral in the book.
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