tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8995634.post3475520243761249269..comments2023-10-12T08:08:23.342-07:00Comments on The Literate Kitten: Love in Excess by Eliza HaywoodLKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05445951627105831041noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8995634.post-16172540908830671922012-01-25T08:36:50.774-08:002012-01-25T08:36:50.774-08:00Good summary and discussions here. Needles to say ...Good summary and discussions here. Needles to say Eliza's use of female characters was smart and provocative. She knew what she was doing and whether society approved or didn't, the credit goes to "literature" rather than the content disapproved.SEO Montrealhttp://www.seoservicesplus.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8995634.post-6508057609874370182009-03-04T16:31:00.000-08:002009-03-04T16:31:00.000-08:00There are records of her leaving a guy at some yea...There are records of her leaving a guy at some year. He posted a narked ad in a paper (his name was Valentin(o/e) saying (the gist goes): 'if you meet a woman called Eliza Haywood - don't trust her'. it's a horrid ad, but a funny insight. The theory goes that women were supposed to keep their heads down in that time, so they had a lot of free time, with Delarivier Manley and Aphra Behn, Haywood formed the 'Fair Triumvirate of Wit' to entertain all these bored ladies. They were generally upper-class, obviously lower-classes had to work...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8995634.post-22714675142181994622008-09-29T05:21:00.000-07:002008-09-29T05:21:00.000-07:00I had to read Haywood for a class on canonicity......I had to read Haywood for a class on canonicity... I have to say that most people in the class hated Love in Excess... they found it boring and outdated... Once you get past the difficult syntax it's an okay read, but skip it if you prefer actual action in your plot as opposed to a lot of talking and letter writing... It is interesting however how and why Haywood fell out of the canon for a long time and is now being studied again since in her day her books were wildly popularAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8995634.post-24016923282312185982007-02-25T11:24:00.000-08:002007-02-25T11:24:00.000-08:00Thank you so much for posting about this book! Thi...Thank you so much for posting about this book! This is the first I've heard about it!!Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13979896448183348883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8995634.post-24399591097193732542007-02-22T15:14:00.000-08:002007-02-22T15:14:00.000-08:00Cool that you read this -- I have read it too, alt...Cool that you read this -- I have read it too, although it was a while ago. It's such a shame that 18C women writers aren't better known. Part of it is the canon-formation process, which turned Defoe, Richardson, and Fielding into the "creators" of the novel, and wrote the women out of the story. Modern scholarship is now retelling the story, but this hasn't always gotten out to a more general readership.Rebecca H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10825532162727473112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8995634.post-12026546252415938882007-02-21T11:41:00.000-08:002007-02-21T11:41:00.000-08:00What a great discovery! Count me in as another who...What a great discovery! Count me in as another who hadn't heard of her but I'm very intrigued.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8995634.post-30632595736663910362007-02-21T11:04:00.000-08:002007-02-21T11:04:00.000-08:00Hi, everyone, thanks for your comments. It was the...Hi, everyone, thanks for your comments. It was the perfect romantic read for me -- full of passion and declarations of love and twists and turns. If you are in the mood to indulge in a little light reading (yet want enough substance to avoid feeling like a total literary shirker), this is one to read!LKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05445951627105831041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8995634.post-71822899961446462422007-02-21T03:11:00.000-08:002007-02-21T03:11:00.000-08:00For an excellent discussion on why we haven't hear...For an excellent discussion on why we haven't heard much about so many women's writing from the past read<BR/>Michele Le Doeuff "The sex of knowing". <BR/><BR/>I haven't read this Haywood novel but you have piqued my interest.pinochiettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08666423548812424429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8995634.post-35715296278252117762007-02-21T00:39:00.000-08:002007-02-21T00:39:00.000-08:00What an interesting book and - to echo everyone el...What an interesting book and - to echo everyone else - I had never heard of the author either. How very tempting it sounds!Litlovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16669531925843496983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8995634.post-30739847548565015812007-02-20T18:45:00.000-08:002007-02-20T18:45:00.000-08:00I have never heard of this author or title. It so...I have never heard of this author or title. It sounds very interesting though. Thank you for a wonderful review. It's now on my wish list.Literary Felinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13079276242303738719noreply@blogger.com