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Auction Ends: 12/15/00

High Bidder: gfajuri@umich.edu

Seller: Ye Old eBay Web Masters

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In 1719, Haywood's Love in Excess, was published and caused quite a stir among her contemporary critics. The romance novel that it is, Love in Excess, critically acclaimed or not, made a splash and the author a fair amount of money. Studies in 18th-Century literature often fail to acknowledge the prodigious achievements and popularity of Eliza Haywood. All the more reason to pick up the copy of the book being auctioned here on Ye Old eBay. Beginning with Love in Excess, Haywood continuously catered to the reading audience's every craving. While some steadfast scholars and critics of 18th Century writing maintain that Haywood's works do not qualify as "high" or classical literature because of the sexual content of her novels, she should not be overlooked. As hundreds of hack novel writers attempted to arouse the reading public with simplistic tales of lust, passion, and desire (akin to putting Fabio on the cover of their books), Haywood stunned readers by maintaining complex and well developed plots, intriguing themes, and lively characters within the confines of what often times became a genre cheapened by lurid texts. There is a saying, clich=E9 though it may be, that "imitation is the most sincere form of flattery." If that is the case, then Haywood, were she still alive, would be flattered to death by the countless imitators attempting to duplicate what she succeeded with in Love in Excess. This book offers a wonderful window into the female world for men who care to take the time to wade through it. This is a handsome volume, at home on your library shelf and ready to send to your humble abode. Carriage is extra.

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