Eliza Haywood's Feigning Femmes Fatale: Desirous and Deceptive Women in "Fantomina," <em>Love in Excess</em>, and <em>The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless</em>.

<p>Within the pages of Eliza Haywood's novels, masquerade is often used by female characters as a means by which to gain control or power. More specifically, Haywood's female characters often misrepresent themselves as a means by which to achieve sexual power and even to obtain sexual gratification.</p> <p>Haywood also explores the theme of women's uses of deception and even disguise as methods by which to skirt the confines of a male dominated society and as modes devoted to escaping the boundaries they inflict upon themselves in trying to maintain their virtue.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

MA (Master of Arts)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis - unrestricted

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English

Year dc:date.issued

2001

Author dc:creator

• Booth, Emily Kathryn

• masquerade
• desire
• Eliza Haywood
• Arts and Humanities
• English Language and Literature

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright by the authors.

Repository record dc:identifier

https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/105

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dc.etsu.edu:etd-1155