{"product_id":"the-masqueraders-or-fatal-curiosity-eliza-haywood-9781442647794","title":"The Masqueraders, or Fatal Curiosity, and the Surprize, or Constancy Rewarded","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe most important female English novelist of the 1720s, Eliza Haywood is famous for writing scandalous fiction about London society. Fast-moving, controversial, and sometimes disturbing, Haywood's short novels \u003cem\u003eThe Masqueraders\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Surprize\u003c\/em\u003e are valuable sources for the study of eighteenth-century gender and identity, the social history of masquerade, the dangers of courtship and seduction, and conceptions of elite and popular cultures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite their common theme of masquerade and seduction, the two short novels are a study in contrasts. \u003cem\u003eThe Masqueraders\u003c\/em\u003e features the whirl of London life, with a libertine anti-hero and his serial seductions of women who believe that they can manipulate the social conventions that are expected to limit them.\u003cem\u003e The Surprize\u003c\/em\u003e, on the other hand, is an uncharacteristically sentimental story in which a similarly salacious plot ends in rewards for the good and virtuous.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWell suited to the teaching of these two texts, this volume contains annotated scholarly editions of both novels, an extensive introduction, and useful appendices that discuss the masquerade's role in eighteenth-century debates on gender, morality, and identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eliza Haywood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1442647795\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781442647794\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2016","brand":"Eliza Haywood","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48622245937407,"sku":"9781442647794","price":74.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-masqueraders-or-fatal-curiosity-eliza-haywood-9781442647794","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}