Love in Excess

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Love in Excess is an early 18th-century amatory novel by Eliza Haywood that explores intense passion, desire, and the complexities of romantic entanglements in Restoration-era high society.

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Love in Excess canonical 3
Love in Excess, Part I 1
Love in Excess, Part II 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English literature work ⓘ
amatory fiction ⓘ
novel ⓘ
author Eliza Haywood ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
explores conflict between passion and virtue ⓘ
constraints of social decorum ⓘ
female agency in love and desire ⓘ
firstPublicationDate 1719 ⓘ
firstPublisherLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
form prose fiction ⓘ
genre amatory novel ⓘ
romance fiction ⓘ
sentimental fiction ⓘ
hasAuthorGender female ⓘ
hasCharacterType aristocratic lovers ⓘ
coquettes ⓘ
rakes ⓘ
virtuous heroines ⓘ
hasCriticalReception reassessed as important to novel history ⓘ
recognized as a key work of Eliza Haywood ⓘ
studied in feminist literary criticism ⓘ
hasPart Love in Excess, Part I ⓘ
linked to: Love in Excess

Love in Excess, Part II ⓘ
linked to: Love in Excess

Love in Excess, Part III ⓘ
linked to: Love in Excess
influenced development of the English novel ⓘ
literaryContext early English novel tradition ⓘ
rise of women writers in the 18th century ⓘ
literaryMovement Augustan literature ⓘ
mainTheme desire ⓘ
gender and power dynamics ⓘ
intense passion ⓘ
marriage and courtship ⓘ
romantic entanglements ⓘ
social reputation ⓘ
narrativeFocus love affairs of aristocratic characters ⓘ
narrativeMode third-person narration ⓘ
notableFor commercial success in early 18th century ⓘ
depiction of female desire ⓘ
early example of amatory fiction in English ⓘ
originalAudience literate urban readers ⓘ
readers of early 18th-century romance ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
publicationCentury 18th century ⓘ
settingCountry England ⓘ
settingPeriod Restoration era ⓘ
settingPlace high society ⓘ

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Eliza Haywood → notableWork → Love in Excess ⓘ
Eliza Haywood → wrote → Love in Excess ⓘ
Love in Excess → hasPart → Love in Excess, Part I ⓘ
linked to: Love in Excess
Love in Excess → hasPart → Love in Excess, Part II ⓘ
linked to: Love in Excess
Love in Excess → hasPart → Love in Excess, Part III ⓘ
linked to: Love in Excess