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The Life and Romances of Mrs. Eliza Haywood /

Whicher, George Frisbie

The Life and Romances of Mrs. Eliza Haywood / George Frisbie Whicher. - 1 online resource - Columbia University Studies in English and Comparative Literature .

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- I. Eliza Haywood's Life -- II. Short Romances of Passion -- III. The Duncan Campbell Pamphlets -- IV. Secret Histories and Scandal Novels -- V. The Heroine Of "The Dunciad" -- VI. Letters and Essays -- VII. Later Fiction: The Domestic Novel -- VIII. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chronological List -- Index

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Studies the significance of Mrs. Haywood's romances written between 1720 and 1730 as they formed a complement to Defoe's romances of adventure just as her Duncan Campbell pamphlets supplied the one element lacking in his. Also looks at her essays and later fiction.


Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

9780231937320 9780231895170

10.7312/whic93732 doi


BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary.