Female empowerment in eighteenth century England : an investigation into the heroines of Frances Burney’s "Evelina" and Eliza Haywood’s "Fantomina"

• Main Author: Khoo, Jiaxin
• Other Authors: Asst Prof Samara Cahill
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::Literature::English
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/61917
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper sets out to explore how two eighteenth century female authors reached out to and empowered meighteenth century women who struggled in a predominantly male-oriented culture. Using two primary works, Eliza Haywood’s novel Fantomina; Or, Love in a Maze and Frances Burney’s Evelina, or the Hi...