A preface by this author puts forward “the Ridiculous” as the subject for the novel defined as “a comic epic poem in prose.” One of this author’s characters gets hit by a bottle thrown by Ensign Notherton, whom he later stops from strangling a woman on the side of the road. In a novel by this author, Mr. Wilson identifies a strawberry birthmark on the protagonist’s chest, revealing that he is (-5[1])not actually the (*) brother of another author’s protagonist. One of this author’s characters rescues and sleeps with Mrs. Waters, only to find out that she is his ostensible mother, Jenny Jones. This author, who parodied a moralizing rival in (10[1])Joseph Andrews, wrote a ribald novel about a foundling (10[1])raised by Squire Allworthy. For 10 points, name this enemy of Samuel Richardson, who wrote Tom (10[1])Jones. ■END■