Saturday, November 7, 2009

Eliza Haywood

Eliza Haywood

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Eliza Haywood (1693 25 February 1756), born Elizabeth Fowler, was an English writer, actress and publisher. Since the 1980s, Eliza Haywoods literary works have been gaining in recognition and interest. Described as prolific even by the standards of a prolific age (Blouch, intro 7), Haywood wrote and published over seventy works during her lifetime including fiction, drama, translations, poetry, conduct literature and periodicals. Haywood is a significant figure of the 18th century as one of the important founders of the novel in English. Today she is studied primarily as a novelist.



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