Popular Fiction by Women 1660-1730 An Anthology |
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| Editor:
| Backscheider, Paula R.
Richetti, John J. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-871137-7 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 1997 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Imprint: | Clarendon Press |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $95.00 |
Book Description:
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This is the first twentieth-century collection of novels by women writers, 1660-1730, and includes lively fictions by all of the major writers of the period - Aphra Behn, Delarivière Manley, Jane Barker, Eliza Haywood, Mary Davys, and Elizabeth Singer Rower. In a variety of styles, their novels give us a sampling of the kinds of stories we still enjoy, and include romance, hardship overcome, seduction, rape, kidnapping, murder, political intrigue, and comic revenge. In addition to...
More DescriptionThis is the first twentieth-century collection of novels by women writers, 1660-1730, and includes lively fictions by all of the major writers of the period - Aphra Behn, Delarivière Manley, Jane Barker, Eliza Haywood, Mary Davys, and Elizabeth Singer Rower. In a variety of styles, their novels give us a sampling of the kinds of stories we still enjoy, and include romance, hardship overcome, seduction, rape, kidnapping, murder, political intrigue, and comic revenge. In addition to being a good read, they help fill out the early history of the English novel - as these women joined Daniel Defoe in being the most popular and successful novelists before Samuel Richardson.