Political Biography of Eliza Haywood

While under arrest in 1750 on suspicion of producing a seditious pamphlet Eliza Haywood insisted she 'never wrote any thing in a political way'. This study of the life and works, the first full-length biography of Haywood in nearly a century, takes the measure of her duplicity.

List of contents

Introduction; Chapter 1 ‘Her Approach to Fame’: 1714—29; Chapter 2 Memoirs of a Certain Island Adjacent to Utopia; Chapter 3 Theatrical Thirties: 1729—37; Chapter 4 Adventures of Eovaai; Chapter 5 At the Sign of Fame: 1741—4; Chapter 6 The Female Spectator; Chapter 7 The Parrot; Chapter 8 Epistles for the Ladies; Chapter 9 Was Haywood a Jacobite?; Chapter 10 Epilogue: The Invisible Spy;

About the author

Kathryn R. King

Summary

While under arrest in 1750 on suspicion of producing a seditious pamphlet Eliza Haywood insisted she ‘never wrote any thing in a political way’. This study of the life and works, the first full-length biography of Haywood in nearly a century, takes the measure of her duplicity.

Product details

• Authors: Kathryn R King
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.01.2016
• EAN: 9781138663558
• ISBN: 978-1-138-66355-8
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Eighteenth-Century Political Biographies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, HISTORY / Europe / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Literature & literary studies, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Biography: writers, Biography: historical, political and military, Biography, Literature and Literary studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form