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"The Adventures of Eovaai is the most important prose satire of English politics and the administration of Sir Robert Walpole between Gulliver's Travels and Jonathan Wild." -- Jerry C. Beasley, University of Delaware
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"The Adventures of Eovaai is the most important prose satire of English politics and the administration of Sir Robert Walpole between Gulliver's Travels and Jonathan Wild. It is more, too--an intriguing narrative experiment, a provocative exploration of the power relations between genders, and a terrific story full of fantasy and suspense. Earla Wilputte has provided just what is needed to make this neglected but appealing work fully accessible to modern readers: an authoritative historical and critical introduction, helpful explanatory notes to the text, and appendices that add essential contextual background. This is a fine new edition, and as the first since 1741 it is certain to be welcomed enthusiastically by the growing circle of Haywood's admirers." -- Jerry C. Beasley, University of Delaware
"What a delight to see Eliza Haywood's satiric fantasy Adventures of Eovaai--one of my own favorite eighteenth-century fictions--at last in an edited and accessible paperback! Earla Wilputte supplies a useful Introduction and notes clarifying literary background and political allusions. The fresh appearance of Haywood's 'Pre Adamitical History' is sure to generate renewed interest in this remarkable and daring work." -- Margaret Anne Doody, Vanderbilt University