Evelina; or, The History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney | Resources

Evelina; or, The History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World Further Reading

Bilger, Audry, Laughing Feminism: Subversive Comedy in Frances Burney, Maria Edgeworth, and Jane Austen, Humor in Life and Letters series, Wayne State University Press, 1998.

The title of this work says it all. This is an interesting look into early women's writing about the female situation of their times.

Cutting-Gray, Joanne, Woman as "Nobody" and the Novels of Fanny Burney, University of Florida Press, 1992.

This is a study of Burney's writing through a feminist eye.

Daugherty, Tracy Edgar, Narrative Techniques in the Novels of Fanny Burney, Peter Lang Publishing, 1989.

This provides a close study of the writing techniques that Burney employed. It is a good book for anyone interested in writing.

Gill, Pat, Interpreting Ladies: Women, Wit, and Morality in the Restoration Comedy of Manners, University of Georgia Press, 1995.

Gill focuses on such early playwrights as William Congreve and Aphra...
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