{"product_id":"love-in-excess-9781551113678","title":"Love in Excess","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEliza Haywood (1693-1756) was one of the most successful writers of her time; indeed, the two most popular English novels in the early eighteenth-century were \u003cem\u003eRobinson Crusoe\u003c\/em\u003e and Haywood’s first novel, \u003cem\u003eLove in Excess\u003c\/em\u003e.  As this edition enables modern readers to discover, its enormous success is easy to understand. \u003cem\u003eLove in Excess\u003c\/em\u003e is a well crafted novel in which the claims of love and ambition are pursued through multiple storylines until the heroine engineers a melodramatic conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaywood’s frankness about female sexuality may explain the later neglect of \u003cem\u003eLove in Excess\u003c\/em\u003e. (In contrast, her accomplished domestic novel, \u003cem\u003eThe History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless\u003c\/em\u003e, has remained available.) \u003cem\u003eLove in Excess\u003c\/em\u003e and its reception provide a lively and valuable record of the challenge that female desire posed to social decorum.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the second Broadview edition, the appendix of eighteenth-century responses to Haywood has been considerably expanded.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This readable edition of Haywood’s blockbuster novel (with Oakleaf’s lively, highly informed introduction and clear judicious textual notes) is an important addition to our understanding of the history of the English novel.” — Paula Backscheider, Auburn University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eA Note on the Text\u003cbr\u003eEliza Haywood: A Brief Chronology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLove in Excess; or, The Fatal Enquiry\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBookseller’s Dedication\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart the First\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart the Second\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Third and Last Part\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix: Some Eighteenth-Century Responses to Eliza Haywood\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnonymous\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eVerses Wrote in the Blank Leaf of Mrs. Haywood’s Novel\u003c\/em\u003e (1722)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRichard Savage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eTo Mrs. Eliza Haywood, on Her Novel, called The Rash Resolve\u003c\/em\u003e (1724)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eThe Authors of the Town; A Satire\u003c\/em\u003e (1725)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnonymous letter from \u003cem\u003eThe Ladies Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(Dublin, 1727)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJonathan Swift\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eCorinna\u003c\/em\u003e (1728)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlexander Pope\u003cbr\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eThe Dunciad, Variorum. With the Prolegomena of Scriblerus\u003c\/em\u003e (1729)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJames Sterling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eTo Mrs. Eliza Haywood on Her Writings\u003c\/em\u003e (1732)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWilliam Rufus Chetwood\u003cbr\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eA General History of the Stage; (More Particularlythe Irish Theatre) From its Origin in Greece down to thePresent Time. With the Memoirs of the Principal Performers,that have appeared on the Dublin Stage in the Last Fifty Years\u003c\/em\u003e(Dublin, 1749)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDavid Erskine Baker\u003cbr\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eBiographica Dramatica; or, A Companion to thePlayhouse\u003c\/em\u003e (1764)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClara Reeve\u003cbr\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eThe Progress of Romance, through Times, Countries,Manners; with Remarks on the Good and Bad Effects of It,on Them Respectively; in a Course of EveningConversations\u003c\/em\u003e, “Evening VII”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelect Bibliography\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadview Press Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041303920983,"sku":"9781551113678","price":18.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781551113678.jpg?v=1750949735","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/love-in-excess-9781551113678","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}