Eliza Haywood — The Female Spectator and Betsy Thoughtless with Kelly J. Plante

Send us Fan MailDetails of Eliza Haywood’s life may be murky today, but in the early 18th century, she was a literary force—writing plays and bestselling novels, editing periodicals, and ruffling the feathers of male contemporaries like Alexander Pope. Academic Kelly J. Plante joins us this week to discuss Haywood’s anonymous wartime writing for The Female Spectator, the first periodical written by and for women, as well as her 1751 novel, The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless.Mentioned in this episode:Kelly J. Plante’s recent scholarship on Eliza Haywood in Early Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary JournalEliza Haywood: Love in Excess Fantomina The History of Miss Betsy ThoughtlessThe Female Spectator: Book 14, Letter 1The ParrotEpistles for the LadiesSamuel Richardson: Pamela; or Virtue Rewarded Clarissa; or the History of a Young LadyDaniel Defoe: Robinson CrusoeAlexander Pope:The DunciadHenry Fielding:The History of Tom JonesFrances BurneyJane AustenThe Sound of Music’s “Sixteen Going on Seventeen”“The Things We Do For Love” by 10ccLost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 49 on Aphra BehnA Political Biography of Eliza Haywood by Kathryn R. KingThe Jacobite UprisingBonnie Prince CharlieChristian Davies (Mother Ross)Joan of ArcMulanJohn Locke’s tabula rasa“Eliza Haywood’s Periodicals in WartimSupport the showFor episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.comSubscribe to our substack newsletter.Follow us on instagram @lostladiesoflit. Email us: Contact — Lost Ladies of Lit Podcast