Aphra Behn: A Secret Life
- ISBN-10
- 1909572063
- ISBN-13
- 9781909572065
- Series
- Aphra Behn
- Category
- Authors, English
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-05-16
- Publisher
- Fentum Press
- Author
- Janet Todd
Description
An exploration of the life, work, and historical background of Aphra Behn: seventeenth-century dramatist, poet, novelist, political propagandist, bisexual and spy.
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- 2017-03-02
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