{"product_id":"love-in-excess-second-edition-paperback","title":"Love in Excess - Second Edition - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEliza Haywood\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid Oakleaf\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the second Broadview edition, the appendix of eighteenth-century responses to Haywood has been considerably expanded.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Eliza 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\u003e Haywood'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\u003e For the second Broadview edition, the appendix of eighteenth-century responses to Haywood has been considerably expanded. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eDavid Oakleaf\u003c\/strong\u003e teaches in the Department of English at the University of Calgary. He specializes in fiction, from Eliza Haywood and Jonathan Swift to Laurence Sterne and Frances Burney. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 12, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47427342434482,"sku":"9781551113678","price":36.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/333521ce231f73f202957205791d86b2.webp?v=1778522056","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/love-in-excess-second-edition-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}