Informed by the most up-to-date research in computational attribution, this fully annotated edition draws on recent scholarship to provide a comprehensive guide to Behn's work, and the literary, theatrical and political history of the ...
The novel also reveals Behn’s ambiguous attitude to African slavery – while she favoured it as a means to strengthen England’s power, her powerful and moving work conveys its injustice and brutality.
She provided more plays for the stage than any other author and greatly influenced the development of the novel with her ground-breaking fiction, especially Love-Letters between a Nobleman and his Sister and Oroonoko, the first English ...
Samuel had been in Sir Tobias Bridge's company and had been promised preferment in Flanders. 3. Nipho had spent some £750 in two years, including a payment of £240 to one spy for expenses—it was such a large sum that he was now trying ...
Sil. Why-I would have thee do-I know not what- Still to be with me-yet that will not satisfie; To let me-look upon thee-still that's not enough.
This edition brings together her most important comedies in a single volume: The Rover, her best-known play; The Feigned Courtesans, a lively comedy of intrigue; The Lucky Chance, a comedy with a bitter edge, which takes a satirical look at ...
A clear introduction to the idea of the canon, exploring the process by which certain works, and not others, receive high cultural status. The work of Shakespeare and Aphra Behn is used to illustrate and challenge this process.
This collection of critical essays explores the different genres in Behn's canon, including her plays, criticism, fiction and poetry, from a wide variety of feminist theoretical approaches.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
ADVERTISEMENTS FROM THE 1677 EDITION Playes Printed for J. Magnes and R. Bentley. Forced Marriage: Or the Jealous Bridegroom. Tartuff: Or the French Puritan. All Mistaken: Or the Mad Couple. English Monsieur.