18th century novel Fantomina has a sexually curious, identity-switching heroine
- Written by Nicola Parsons, Associate Professor, Department of English, University of Sydney
Wikimedia CommonsEliza Haywood was a bestselling 18th century author closely associated with the then-emerging genre of the novel. Little is known of her life beyond her writing. She is best known for her novella Fantomina; or Love in a Maze, a story of female desire and assumed identities that partly subverts the sexual politics at this time.
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