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The Life and Romances of Mrs. Eliza Haywood (1915) is a monograph
by George Whicher. Highly regarded by feminist scholars today,
Haywood was a prolific writer who revolutionized the English novel
while raising a family, running a pamphlet shop in Covent Gardens,
and pursuing a career as an actress and writer for some of London's
most prominent theaters. In The Life and Romances of Mrs. Eliza
Haywood, Whicher blends biography and literary criticism in order
to present an authoritative vision of the life and career of one of
England's most influential and misunderstood writers. Notoriously
private, Haywood is a major figure in English literature about whom
little is known for certain. Scholars believe she was born Eliza
Fowler in Shropshire or London, but are unclear on the
socioeconomic status of her family. She first appears in the public
record in 1715, when she performed in an adaptation of
Shakespeare's Timon of Athens in Dublin. Famously portrayed as a
woman of ill-repute in Alexander Pope's Dunciad (1743), it is
believed that Haywood had been deserted by her husband to raise
their children alone. Pope's account is likely to have come from
poet Richard Savage, with whom Haywood was friends for several
years beginning in 1719 before their falling out. This period
coincided with the publication of Love in Excess (1719-1720),
Haywood's first and best-known novel. Alongside Delarivier Manley
and Aphra Behn, Haywood was considered one of the leading romance
writers of her time. Haywood's novels, such as Idalia; or The
Unfortunate Mistress (1723), The Distress'd Orphan; or Love in a
Madhouse (1726), and The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless (1751)
often explore the domination and oppression of women by men. In The
Life and Romances of Mrs. Eliza Haywood, George Whicher does the
best he can with an incomplete record to renew academic interest in
the work of an iconic storyteller. With a beautifully designed
cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of George
Whicher's The Life and Romances of Mrs. Eliza Haywood is a classic
of English literary criticism reimagined for modern readers.
The Life and Romances of Mrs. Eliza Haywood (1915) is a monograph
by George Whicher. Highly regarded by feminist scholars today,
Haywood was a prolific writer who revolutionized the English novel
while raising a family, running a pamphlet shop in Covent Gardens,
and pursuing a career as an actress and writer for some of London's
most prominent theaters. In The Life and Romances of Mrs. Eliza
Haywood, Whicher blends biography and literary criticism in order
to present an authoritative vision of the life and career of one of
England's most influential and misunderstood writers. Notoriously
private, Haywood is a major figure in English literature about whom
little is known for certain. Scholars believe she was born Eliza
Fowler in Shropshire or London, but are unclear on the
socioeconomic status of her family. She first appears in the public
record in 1715, when she performed in an adaptation of
Shakespeare's Timon of Athens in Dublin. Famously portrayed as a
woman of ill-repute in Alexander Pope's Dunciad (1743), it is
believed that Haywood had been deserted by her husband to raise
their children alone. Pope's account is likely to have come from
poet Richard Savage, with whom Haywood was friends for several
years beginning in 1719 before their falling out. This period
coincided with the publication of Love in Excess (1719-1720),
Haywood's first and best-known novel. Alongside Delarivier Manley
and Aphra Behn, Haywood was considered one of the leading romance
writers of her time. Haywood's novels, such as Idalia; or The
Unfortunate Mistress (1723), The Distress'd Orphan; or Love in a
Madhouse (1726), and The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless (1751)
often explore the domination and oppression of women by men. In The
Life and Romances of Mrs. Eliza Haywood, George Whicher does the
best he can with an incomplete record to renew academic interest in
the work of an iconic storyteller. With a beautifully designed
cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of George
Whicher's The Life and Romances of Mrs. Eliza Haywood is a classic
of English literary criticism reimagined for modern readers.
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