The history of Jemmy and Jenny Jessamy / by Eliza Haywood ; edited by John Richetti.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haywood, Eliza Fowler, 1693?-1756.

Contributor:

Richetti, John J.

Series:

Eighteenth-century novels by women.

Eighteenth-century novels by women

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Courtship--Fiction.

Courtship.

Commitment (Psychology)--Fiction.

Commitment (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (455 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The author of over eighty novels, plays, and volumes of poetry, Eliza Haywood is one of the most prolific and high-profile female authors of the eighteenth century. Her last novel, The History of Jemmy and Jenny Jessamy, is original for its unsentimental realism in its depiction of marriage and courtship among the leisure classes of the mid-eighteenth century. In his new introduction, editor John Richetti examines how Haywood's amusing and engaging prose explores the subtleties of eighteenth-century courtship. Out of print since the early nineteenth century, The History of Jemmy and Jenny

Contents:

Front cover; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Chronology; Note on the Text; Volume I; Volume II; Volume III; Notes; Selected Bibliography

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Previously published: London : Printed for T. Gardner, 1753.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [411]-412).

ISBN:

9786613232922

9780813137940

0813137942

9781283232920

1283232928

9780813171876

0813171873

OCLC:

65339483