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Beyond Spectacle : Eliza Haywood's Female Spectators /
Theories of sight and spectatorship captivated many writers and philosophers of the eighteenth century and, in turn, helped to define both sexual politics and gender identity. Eliza Haywood was thoroughly engaged in the social, philosophical, and political issues of her time, and she wrote prolifica...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto :
University of Toronto Press,
[2016]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction Gazing in the Eighteenth Century: Eliza Haywood's Specular Negotiations
- Chapter One. An Excess of Spectacle: The Failure of Female Curiosity in Love in Excess; or, The Fatal Enquiry
- Chapter Two. Peepers, Picts, and Female Masquerade: Performances of the Female Gaze in Fantomina; or, Love in a Maze
- 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
- Chapter Four. The Spectatorial Text: Spying, Writing, Authority in The Invisible Spy and Bath Intrigues
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index