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English Language and Literature

University of South Florida

Journal

2021

Women writers

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Visions: Re-Historicizing Genre: Teaching Haywood’S The Adventures Of Eovaai In A Fantasy-Themed Survey Course, Megan E. Cole Dec 2021

Visions: Re-Historicizing Genre: Teaching Haywood’S The Adventures Of Eovaai In A Fantasy-Themed Survey Course, Megan E. Cole

ABO: Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts, 1640-1830

Eliza Haywood is an increasingly popular author to assign in eighteenth-century literature courses. But Haywood is also a prime figure to represent the eighteenth century in courses with a broader scope. This essay proposes teaching The Adventures of Eovaai in a fantasy-focused, introductory-level survey of British Literature. Identifying Eovaai as part of the fantasy tradition leverages students’ prior knowledge and facilitates teaching this complex novel to first-year students. Eovaai provides a wealth of topics for class discussions and activities, including the development of the novel as a genre, identity and othering in fantasy literature, and the use of fantasy conventions …


Review Of Women Wanderers And The Writing Of Mobility, 1784-1814, By Ingrid Horrocks, Elizabeth Porter May 2021

Review Of Women Wanderers And The Writing Of Mobility, 1784-1814, By Ingrid Horrocks, Elizabeth Porter

ABO: Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts, 1640-1830

A review of Women Wanderers and the Writing of Mobility, 1784-1814 by Ingrid Horrocks. Written by Elizabeth Porter.