Eliza Haywood, was an English writer, actress and publisher. An increase in interest and recognition of Haywood's literary works began in the 1980s.
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St. Margaret's Church, where Haywood was buried in an unmarked grave
Haymarket Theatre, where Haywood acted, beginning in the late 1720s (image: ca. 1900)
Title page of Love in Excess, 1720
Title page of Fantomina, 1725
Title page of Adventures of Eovaai, 1736
Frontispiece to The Female Spectator, Vol. 1
Title page of The Secret History of the Present Intrigues of the Court of Caramania, 1727.Writers born in the 1690s 6
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Eliza Haywood, was an English writer, actress and publisher. An increase in interest and recognition of Haywood's literary works began in the 1980s. Described as "prolific even by the standards of a prolific age", Haywood wrote and published over 70 works in her lifetime, including fiction, drama, translations, poetry, conduct literature and periodicals. Haywood today is studied primarily as one of the 18th-century founders of the novel in English. She is especially famous for her novel Love in Excess (1719-20).
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