• Eliza Haywood unmasks female sexuality in masquerade novels 

    Ysteboe, Taylor (University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2017)
    The essence of the masquerade ball is one of secrecy and fantasy. As a uniquely 18th century phenomenon, the masquerade was an environment where one can transform into anything imaginable. One of the most prolific female ...
  • The widow's place : Mrs. Norris in Mansfield Park 

    McNamee, Grace (University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2015)
    “The most hateful character in Jane Austen's novels,” “a vicious pest,” “Austen's most nearly psychotic creation.” Such is the critical consensus on Mrs. Norris of Mansfield Park: that she is hateful, vicious, and psychotic ...