Beyond Spectacle: Eliza Haywood's Female Spectators

Juliette Merritt

Published by University of Toronto Press 2004

Beyond Spectacle

Eliza Haywood's Female Spectators

Juliette Merritt

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442671379

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Beyond Spectacle will cement Haywood's deservedly prominent place in the canon of eighteenth-century fiction and position her as a writer whose work speaks not only to female agency, but to eighteenth-century writers, gender relations, and power politics as well.

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Merritt Juliette :

Juliette Merritt is a lecturer in the Department of English at McMaster University and in the Department of English and Film Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Introduction Gazing in the Eighteenth Century: Eliza Haywood's Specular Negotiations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter One. An Excess of Spectacle: The Failure of Female Curiosity in Love in Excess; or, The Fatal Enquiry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
Chapter Two. Peepers, Picts, and Female Masquerade: Performances of the Female Gaze in Fantomina; or, Love in a Maze Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
Chapter Three. From Image to Text: The Discourse of Abandonment and Textual Agency in The British Recluse; or, The Secret History of Cleomira, Supposed Dead Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
Chapter Four. The Spectatorial Text: Spying, Writing, Authority in The Invisible Spy and Bath Intrigues Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
Works Cited Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 190

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Published: July 21, 2004
ISBN: 9781442671379