Fantomina; Or, Love in a Maze

Fantomina; Or, Love in a Maze PDF Author: Eliza Fowler Haywood
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781409923497
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48

Book Description
Eliza Haywood (1693-1756) (born Elizabeth Fowler) was an English writer, actress and publisher. Since the 1980s, Eliza Haywood's literary works have been gaining in recognition and interest. She wrote and published over seventy works during her lifetime including fiction, drama, translations, poetry, conduct literature and periodicals. Haywood is a significant figure of the long 18th century as one of the important founders of the novel in English. Her writing career began in 1719 with the first two installments of Love in Excess. Many of her works were published anonymously. Amongst her other works are Fantomina; or, Love in a Maze (1724), The Fortunate Foundlings (1744), Life's Progress Through the Passions; or, The Adventures of Natura (1748) and The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless (1751).

The Fatal Secret; Or, Constancy in Distress (Dodo Press)

The Fatal Secret; Or, Constancy in Distress (Dodo Press) PDF Author: Eliza Fowler Haywood
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781409948711
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48

Book Description
Eliza Haywood (1693-1756) (born Elizabeth Fowler) was an English writer, actress and publisher. Since the 1980s, Eliza Haywoodas literary works have been gaining in recognition and interest. She wrote and published over seventy works during her lifetime including fiction, drama, translations, poetry, conduct literature and periodicals. Haywood is a significant figure of the long 18th century as one of the important founders of the novel in English. Her writing career began in 1719 with the first two installments of Love in Excess. Many of her works were published anonymously. Amongst her other works are Fantomina; or, Love in a Maze (1724), The Fortunate Foundlings (1744), Lifeas Progress Through the Passions; or, The Adventures of Natura (1748) and The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless (1751).

The Fortunate Foundlings

The Fortunate Foundlings PDF Author: Eliza Fowler Haywood
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752359706
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 230

Book Description
Reproduction of the original: The Fortunate Foundlings by Eliza Fowler Haywood

Love in Excess

Love in Excess PDF Author: Eliza Fowler Haywood
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781019377246
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Published in 1719, this novel tells the story of a young woman named Countess Harriot, who is torn between two suitors. Filled with romantic intrigue, elaborate courtship rituals, and juicy scandals, this book provides a window into the world of 18th-century society. A masterpiece of comedy and satire that still resonates with readers today. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The English Novel in History 1700-1780

The English Novel in History 1700-1780 PDF Author: John Richetti
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134656424
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 304

Book Description
The English Novel in History 1700-1780 provides students with specific contexts for the early novel in response to a new understanding of eigtheenth-century Britain. It traces the social and moral representations of the period in extended readings of the major novelists, as well as evaluatiing the importance of lesser known ones. John Richetti traces the shifting subject matter of the novel, discussing: * scandalous and amatory fictions * criminal narratives of the early part of the century * the more disciplined, realistic, and didactic strain that appears in the 1740's and 1750's * novels promoting new ideas about the nature of domestic life * novels by women and how they relate to the shift of subject matter This original and useful book revises traditional literary history by considering novels from those years in the context of the transformation of Britain in the eighteenth century.

Our Coquettes

Our Coquettes PDF Author: Theresa Braunschneider
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 0813928141
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 203

Book Description
Before 1660, English readers and theatergoers had never heard of a "coquette"; by the early 1700s, they could hardly watch a play, read a poem, or peruse a newspaper without encountering one. Why does British literature of this period pay so much attention to vain and flirtatious young women? Our Coquettes examines the ubiquity of the coquette in the eighteenth century to show how this figure enables authors to comment upon a series of significant social and economic developments—including the growth of consumer culture, widespread new wealth, increased travel and global trade, and changes in the perception and practice of marriage. The book surveys stage comedies, periodical essays, satirical poems, popular songs, and didactic novels to show that the early coquette is a figure of capacious desire: she finds pleasure in a wide range of choices, refusing to narrow any field of possibilities (admirers, luxury goods, friends, pets, public gatherings) down to a single option. Whereas scholars of the period have generally read the coquette as a simple and self-evident type, Our Coquettes emphasizes what is strange and surprising about this figure, revealing the coquette to be a touchstone in developing discourses about sexuality, consumerism, empire, and modernity itself. Winner of the Walker Cowen Memorial Prize for an outstanding work of scholarship in eighteenth-century studies

The History of the Nun

The History of the Nun PDF Author: Aphra Behn
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781721612758
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 126

Book Description
The History of the Nun The Fair Vow-breaker by Aphra Behn Behn's remarkable work in which she analyzes the retribution of breaking the vows, particularly the religious vows undertaken by nuns. The tale, claimed to be true, focuses on a nun who was lured by the charms of the world into forsaking the nunnery. Fate comes down hard upon her as she has to face the troubles and threats posed by the outside world as well. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.

Women Novelists and the Ethics of Desire, 1684-1814

Women Novelists and the Ethics of Desire, 1684-1814 PDF Author: Elizabeth Kraft
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 9780754662808
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 220

Book Description
Elizabeth Kraft radically alters our conventional views of early women novelists by taking seriously their representations of female desire. Reading fiction by Aphra Behn, Delarivier Manley, Eliza Haywood, Sarah Fielding, Charlotte Smith, Frances Burney, and Elizabeth Inchbald in light of ethical paradigms drawn from biblical texts about women and desire, Kraft demonstrates not only the centrality of female desire in eighteenth-century culture and literature but its ethical importance as well.
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