The rash resolve ; and, Life's progress / by Eliza Haywood ; edited by Carol Stewart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haywood, Eliza Fowler, 1693?-1756, author.

Contributor:

Stewart, Carol (Carol Ann), editor.

Series:

Chawton House library series. Woman's novels ; no. 16.

Chawton House library series. Women's novels ; number 16

Standardized Title:

Novels. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English fiction--18th century.

English fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvii, 209 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

The Rash Resolve & Life's Progress

Place of Publication:

London : Pickering & Chatto, 2013.

Summary:

Eliza Haywood was one of the most popular and versatile writers of the eighteenth century. The two novellas in this edition - <i>The Rash Resolve</i> (1724) and <i>Life's Progress</i> (1748) - show her developing and adapting her ideas on the subject of passion and romance. <br> Though superficially presented as cautionary tales, Haywood introduces a feminist slant; gender roles are reconstructed, female sexuality is sympathetically depicted and marriage and domesticity are resisted. Not only are these works important for their use of female agency, but they also provide insights into Haywood's politics. <i>The Rash Resolve </i>implicitly attacks the dominance of the ruling Whigs, and <i>Life's Progress</i> implies support for the Jacobite cause. This is the first critical edition of both these works.

Contents:

Introduction

Select Bibliography

Note on the Texts

The Rash Resolve: or, the Untimely Discovery

Life's Progress through the Passions: or, The Adventures of Natura

Editorial Notes

Silent Corrections.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references.

Contains:

Haywood, Eliza Fowler, 1693?-1756. Life's progress, editor.

Life's progress.

ISBN:

1-315-64943-8

1-317-30399-7

1-84893-337-1

1-317-30400-4

9781315649436

OCLC:

854969461