Fanny Burney
(1752 - 1840)
(Born Frances Burney; later Madame d'Arblay) English novelist, playwright, and diarist.
Fanny Burney: Introduction
Fanny Burney: Principal Works
Fanny Burney: Primary...
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The English novelist and diarist Fanny Burney (1752-1840) was one of the most popular novelists of the late 18th century. She was also an important chronicler of English manners, morals, and society.F...
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Frances Burney is an important British comic novelist: she is one of the first of the women writers whose names have been repeatedly alluded to in literary histories, inscribed in biographical diction...
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In the following essay, Hemlow chronicles the historical context that prompted Burney's writing Cecilia.
Heavens! what a life of struggle between the head and the heart!
Cecilia, v. x. 6...
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In the following essay, Brown answers feminist interpretations of Burney by insisting that seemingly feminist themes result from the romance tradition from which Burney drew her inspiration.
Readin...
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In the following essay, Simons compares the heroines in Burney's novels and discusses her treatment of women's issues.
The two modes of writing that Burney principally employed seem t...
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In the following essay, Drabble reevaluates The Wanderer, claiming that "Fanny Burney's common sense and common humanity survive the machinery of her own plot and counterbalance the melo...
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In the following essay, Cutting-Gray claims that Evelina's writing serves as a means of transcending societally imposed restrictions on women.
Thus ought a chaste and virtuous woman . . . l...
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In the following essay, Johnson contends that Burney's heroines characterize her ideal of feminine propriety.
Frances Burney's heroines have a passion for abjection. Their careers evi...
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Burney, Fanny
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Fanny Burney
Critical Essay by Joyce Hemlow
