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A POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY OF ELIZA HAYWOOD Eighteenth-Century Political Biographies Series Editor: J. A. Downie Titles in this Series 1 Daniel Defoe P. N. Furbank & W. R. Owens 2 Jonathan Swift David Oakleaf 3 Delarivier Manley Rachel Carnell 4 Henry Fielding J. A. Downie 5 Richard Steele Charles Knight 6 Alexander Pope Pat Rogers 7 William King Christopher Fauske 8 John Toland Michael Brown Forthcoming Titles Samuel Johnson Nicholas Hudson Th omas Paine W. A. Speck Joseph Addison Charles Knight Frances Burney Lorna J. Clark Maria Edgeworth Susan Manly A POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY OF ELIZA HAYWOOD by Kathryn R. King First published 2012 by Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Limited Published 2016 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017, USA Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © Taylor & Franc is 2012 © Kathryn R. King 2012 To the best of the Publisher’s knowledge every eff ort has been made to contact relevant copyright holders and to clear any relevant copyright issues. Any omissions that come to their attention will be remedied in future editions. All rights reserved, including those of translation into foreign languages. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the pub lishers. Notice : Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks , and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. british library cataloguing in publication data King, Kathryn R. A political biography of Eliza Haywood. – (Eighteenth-century political biographies) 1. Haywood, Eliza Fowler, 1693?–1756. 2. Haywood, Eliza Fowler, 1693?– 1756 – Political and social views. 3. Women authors, English – 18th century – Biography. 4. Authors, English – 18th century – Biography. 5. Politics and literature – Great Britain – History – 18th century. 6. Politics in literature. I. Title II. Series 828.5’09-dc23 ISBN-13: 978-1-85196-917-3 (hbk) Typeset by Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Limited CONTENTS Acknowledgements vii Abbreviations ix Biographical Prolegomenon xi Introduction 1 1 ‘Her Approach to Fame’: 1714–29 17 2 Memoirs of a Certain Island Adjacent to Utopia 35 3 Th eatrical Th irties: 1729–37 55 4 Adventures of Eovaai 73 5 At the Sign of Fame: 1741–4 95 6 Th e Female Spectator 111 7 Th e Parrot 133 8 Epistles for the Ladies 155 9 Was Haywood a Jacobite? 177 Epilogue: Th e Invisible Spy 193 Notes 203 Works Cited 243 Index 259 Page Intentionally Left Blank ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Th anks are due fi rst to Alan Downie for welcoming Eliza Haywood into the Eighteenth-Century Political Biographies series and for inviting me to contrib- ute the volume. I am grateful as well to the many scholars who over the years have answered queries, read and critiqued my work, invited me to speak, shared unpublished work and the wealth of their databases, and supplied me with leads, dinners and sometimes living quarters. Th ey are so many that I regret I can do no more than name them here: Paula Backscheider, Ros Ballaster, Katherine Bin- hammer, Christine Blouch, Susan Carlile, Rachel Carnell, Norma Clarke, Gillian Dow, Patsy Fowler, Christine Gerrard, Michael Harris, Alecksondra Hultquist, Paul Hunter, Catherine Ingrassia, Susan Lanser, Bob Markley, Jean Marsden, Chris Mounsey, Niall MacKenzie, Leah Orr, Alex Pettit, Laura Rosenthal, Laura Runge, Betty Schellenberg, Norbert Schürer, the late Hans Turley, Cynthia Wall. Generous grants from the American Council of Learned Societies and the American Philosophical Society provided me with sustained time in the British Library. Financial (and other) support from the University of Montevallo enabled me to keep the project moving during times of heavy teaching and administrative responsibilities. I must thank especially Terry Roberson and Mary Beth Arm- strong for their support and encouragement. I was fortunate enough to spend two weeks at Chawton House Library and cannot speak highly enough of the warmth and helpfulness of the staff and the sheer gloriousness of the Stables. Th is book could not have been written without the assistance of the Interli- brary Loan team at the University of Montevallo. I honour them all by naming just one, the late Mary Seagle, the ILL goddess, whose raucous laughter was as welcome as the books she never failed to locate. Portions of earlier stages of this book were read by Paula Backscheider, Alan Downie and Vida Muse and I am grateful for their suggestions. Karen Ruther- ford and Joe Walsh gave valuable assistance in the fi nal stages; Tonja Battle was always available for consultation. A special shout-out to Sarah Creel for read- ing every word and cheering me down the home stretch. Her enthusiasm for Haywood and strong arm carried me through. My students are always teaching me new things about Haywood; I thank them all and bow in admiration to the – vii – viii A Political Biography of Eliza Haywood graduate student who now bears a tattoo of the famous frontispiece portrait on her arm. Portions of this book were written in South Africa and for sustenance of many kinds I must thank my friends in Agulhas, especially Peta Van Gass, Chris Van Gass and Cairen Hackney. One of my greatest debts is to Tom Lockwood. For many years he has read my work and listened to my thinking about Eliza Haywood and he always asks the right questions. His wit, curiosity, and sardonic intelligence have inspired and shaped much of what I like best about this book. Another debt not easily repaid is owing to those who have reminded me that there is life outside the Haywood cave: especially Stephen Collins, Joe Walsh (again), and of course Ruth Looper. My proud mother read the biography of Jane Barker I published some years ago but admitted to being frustrated by its academic vocabulary. Write something I can enjoy, she said. She did not live to read A Political Biography of Eliza Hay- wood but I know she would have appreciated its feisty subject and hope she would have taken pleasure in parts of the story. To Mary M. King this book is dedicated. ABBREVIATIONS Baker D. E. Baker, Th e Companion to the Play-House; or An Historical Account of All the Dramatic Writers (and their Works) that have Appeared in Great Britain and Ireland … in the Form of a Dictionary (London, 1764). A new edition, revised by Isaac Reed appeared in 1782 as Biographia Dramatica, or, A Companion to the Play House … Continued fr om 1764 to 1782 (London, 1782) BL British Library Corr. Horace Walpole’s Correspondence with Sir Horace Mann, ed. W. S. Lewis, W. H. Smith and G. L. Lam, Series: Th e Yale Edition of Horace Walpole’s Correspondence (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1953) DNB Dictionary of National Biography ECF Eighteenth-Century Fiction ECS Eighteenth-Century Studies ELH English Literary History FS Female Spectator GM Gentleman’s Magazine LEP London Evening Post MR Monthly Review N&Q Notes and Queries ODNB Oxford Dictionary of National Biography OEJ Old England, or, Th e Constitutional Journal RES Review of English Studies SEL Studies in English Literature WEP Whitehall Evening Post Works Selected Works of Eliza Haywood, ed. A. Pettit, 6 vols (London: Pickering & Chatto, 2000–1) – ix –

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