Fair Philosopher: Eliza Haywood And the Female Spectator (Bucknell Studies in Eighteenth-Century Literature and Cultur)

"Fair Philosopher, the first sustained scholarly study of The Female Spectator, brings together an impressive collection of established and upcoming Haywood scholars who challenge much of the received opinion about this groundbreaking journal. Several of the essays show that Haywood's periodical was far more political than is generally thought, that its connections to her career as a novelist are more intimate than has been recognized, and that The Spectator was a target as well as a model. This collection makes a convincing argument that Haywood's periodical deserves far more critical attention than it has received so far and suggests new lines of development for future Haywood scholarship."--Publisher's website. The Pickering & Chatto Female spectator : nearly four pounds of ephemera, enshrined / Alexander Pettit -- Apollo, Sappho, and--a Grasshopper?! : a note on the frontispieces to The female spectator / Janine Barchas -- Social conservatism, aesthetic education and the essay genre in Eliza Haywood's Female spectator / Ricardo Miguel-Alfonso -- Haywood's Spectator and the female world / Eve Tavor Bannet -- Patriot or opportunist? : Eliza Haywood and the politics of The female spectator / Kathryn R. King -- "Too ticklish to meddle with" : the silencing of The female spectator's political correspondents / Earla A. Wilputte -- Eliza Haywood, periodicals, and the function of orality / Catherine INgrassia -- "Injury for injury" or, "The lady's revenge" : female vengeance in Eliza Haywood's Female spectator / Nicola Graves -- Reforming the coquet? : Eliza Haywood's vision of a female epistemology / Juliette Merritt -- Measuring the success of Haywood's Female spectator (1744-46) / Patrick Spedding -- The female spectator : a bibliographic essay / Donald J. Newman. A study of "The Female Spectator", that brings together a collection of established and upcoming Haywood scholars who challenge the opinion about this journal. This work contains essays that show that Haywood's periodical was far more political than is generally thought, that its connections to her career as a novelist are more intimate. Edited By Lynn Marie Wright And Donald J. Newman. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.