Eliza Haywood
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Eliza Haywood, was an English writer, actress and publisher. An increase in interest and recognition of Haywood's literary works began in the 1980s. Described as "prolific even by the standards of a p
Playwright and novelist Eliza Haywood, by George Vertue, 1725.
St. Margaret's Church, where Haywood was buried in an unmarked grave
Haymarket Theatre, where Haywood acted, beginning in the late 1720s (image: ca. 1900)
Frontispiece to The Female Spectator, Vol. 1
The Dunciad
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The Dunciad is a landmark, mock-heroic, narrative poem by Alexander Pope published in three different versions at different times from 1728 to 1743. The poem celebrates a goddess, Dulness, and the pro
Alexander Pope, author of The Dunciad
Frontispiece and front page to The Dunciad Variorum (1729).
Frontispiece Book II of 1760 London edition of Pope's works (Vol V), showing the Goddess surrounded by sleeping poets.
Alexander Pope by Michael Dahl