Studies in the Novel, September 22nd, 1999
Frances Burney uses inscription in her novel 'Evelina' to invite her readers' attention to her anonymity in the literary world. This allows her a position from which to comment on the repressive nature of patriarchal authority structures and social convention . Burney uses the freedom provided by her initial obscurity to manipulate literary convention towards creating a safe space for her eventual emergence into notoriety. The story of Frances Burney's entrance into the literary world could hardly be more complicated if she herself had designed the various deferrals, deceptions, and deflectio...
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