Download - Amatory Fiction — Fantomina
Amatory Fiction
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Fantomina
Eliza Haywood
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•“While he thinks to fool me, [he] is himself the only beguiled Person.”
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Amatory Fiction•Fictions of erotic intrigue;
focused on love, usually sexual love; secular
•Popular in Britain in the late 17th and early 18th centuries
• Influenced by Continental Romance tradition, and French scandal fiction
•Often written by women; popular with women
•Often political
•Precursor to the novel
•Ancestor to Romance novels, “Bodice-Rippers”, etc.
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Eliza Haywood
•1693–1756
•many biographical details unclear
•Long career; a prolific writer in many genres
•The “Great Arbitress of Passion”
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•A “Shameless Scribbler” (Alexander Pope)
•From scandalous to decorous
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•Frontispiece to The Female Spectator, a periodical for women edited by Haywood.
Masquerade
•European tradition of Carnival: festivals of liberating anonymity when the sexes, and social classes, mixed with relative freedom
•Venetian Carnival the most famous
http://www.ellencline.com/theatre.html
• 17th couple in carnival masks
F.Bertelli: "Magnifico e Cortigiana" - (1642)
http://www.delpiano.com/carnival/html/magnifico.html
• Moretta (mask worn by women, secured with a button held between the teeth)
G.Grevembroch: "Mascara" - (18th century)
http://www.delpiano.com/carnival/html/moretta.html
• Group of masked men and women, late 18thc
http://www.delpiano.com/carnival/html/games.html
G.DePian: highlights from C.Goldoni's play "Le Donne Gelose" - (1791)
• Contemporary photos of masked women at the Venetian Carnival
http://www.delpiano.com/carnival/html/gallery.html
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http://www.aurumxxl.com/carnival_2.htm
• Casanova (2005)
Masks
•Women often went to the theatre masked
•Masks in the theatre were associated with prostitutes and courtesans
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• Masked woman and man in period costume
http://www.meetingeurope.com/costumes/files/18_century_costume_2.htm
To consider:• Is Fantomina in
charge of her own destiny?
•Does the story present a radical view of relations between women and men?
•How can we interpret the ending?
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http://worldoflongmire.com/features/romance_novels/