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1、UniversityofConnecticutDigitalCommons@UConnHonorsScholarThesesHonorsScholarProgramSpring5-10-2009WomeninEighteenthCenturyLondon:FemaleComingofAgeinFrancesBurney’sEvelina,Cecilia,andTheWitlingsKateHamiltonUniversityofConnecticut-Storrs,kate.hamilton@gmail.comFollowthisandaddit
2、ionalworksat:http://digitalcommons.uconn.edu/srhonors_thesesPartoftheEuropeanHistoryCommons,LiteratureinEnglish,BritishIslesCommons,andtheWomen'sStudiesCommonsRecommendedCitationHamilton,Kate,"WomeninEighteenthCenturyLondon:FemaleComingofAgeinFrancesBurney’sEvelina,Cecilia,an
3、dTheWitlings"(2009).HonorsScholarTheses.91.http://digitalcommons.uconn.edu/srhonors_theses/91WomeninEighteenthCenturyLondon:FemaleComingofAgeinFrancesBurney’sEvelina,Cecilia,andTheWitlingsKateC.HamiltonHonorsThesispreparedforTheUniversityofConnecticutHonorsProgramMay8,2009Uni
4、versityofConnecticutStorrs,ConnecticutAbstractThelateeighteenth-centuryauthorFrancesBurneyisbestknownforpopularizingthe“comedyofmanners,”aliterarystylelateradoptedbyJaneAusten.Burney’snovels,journals,andplaysofferanintriguingcommentaryoncontemporarysocialcustomsandetiquette.I
5、nparticular,shevoicestheconcernsanddesiresofwomen,leadingscholarstofocusonthefeministovertonesofherwriting.Althoughshecarefullyexaminedfemalerolesinthehouseholdandfamilystructure,Burneyalsoprovidedaninsider’sperspectiveintoLondonhighlife.Asanacclaimedauthorandcitynative,Burne
6、yoffersarareinsightintothelivesoftheurbanelite.Forthesereasons,IhavechosentoexaminethreeofherworkswithinthecontextoftheirLondonsetting.InEvelina,Cecilia,andTheWitlings,Burneyexamineswomen’sstruggleforindependenceinanurbancontext.TheseworksofferanewinterpretationofthefemaleBil
7、dungsroman,orcomingofagestory.BurneyshowshowLondonlifeinfluencesherheroines’expectations,ambitionsanddesires.Evelina’scomingofagecentersaroundthequestforfamilyandsocialacceptance,whilethetwoCeciliasofCeciliaandTheWitlingsconfrontthefinancialpressuresthataccompanytheirinherita
8、nce.Ultimately,thethreeprotagonistslearnimportantlessonsthatarespeci
