Digressions and their relevance to the epic unity of Henry Fielding's <em>Joseph Andrews</em>

Abstract

Though Henry Fielding’s Joseph Andrews is episodic and open in its construction, yet it cannot be denied that it is thoroughly plotted and its author is a master craftsman. No wonder, then, it has definite and pointed beginning, middle and ending, and it is difficult to disagree with Andrew Wright who holds that there is