Rash Resolve and Life''s Progress - By Eliza Haywood

Eliza Haywood was one of the most popular and versatile writers of the eighteenth century. The two novellas in this edition - The Rash Resolve (1724) and Life's Progress (1748) - show her developing and adapting her ideas on the subject of passion and romance. Though superficially presented as cautionary tales, Haywood introduces a feminist slant.

List of contents

Part 1 The Rash Resolve: or, the Untimely Discovery; Chapter 2 The Rash Resolve; Chapter I Part I; Chapter II Part II;

Summary

Eliza Haywood was one of the most popular and versatile writers of the eighteenth century. The two novellas in this edition – The Rash Resolve (1724) and Life’s Progress (1748) – show her developing and adapting her ideas on the subject of passion and romance. Though superficially presented as cautionary tales, Haywood introduces a feminist slant.

Product details

• Authors: Eliza Haywood, STEWART, Carol Stewart, Carol Haywood Stewart
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.08.2016
• EAN: 9781138235472
• ISBN: 978-1-138-23547-2
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Chawton House Library: Women's Novels; Chawton House Library: Women's Novels
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Main work before 1945; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Classic fiction: general and literary