Author : Janet Todd
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 587 pages
File Size : 45,68 MB
Release : 2018-10-24
Category : Drama
ISBN : 1351259105
Aphra Behn (1640-1689) was one of the most successful dramatists of the Restoration theatre and a popular poet. This is the sixth volume in a set of seven which comprises a complete edition of all her works.
Author : Janet Todd
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 634 pages
File Size : 23,64 MB
Release : 2018-10-24
Category : Drama
ISBN : 1351259148
Aphra Behn (1640-1689) was one of the most successful dramatists of the Restoration theatre and a popular poet. This is the fifth volume in a set of seven which comprises a complete edition of all her works.
Author : Janet Todd
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 581 pages
File Size : 30,17 MB
Release : 2018-10-24
Category : Drama
ISBN : 1351259067
Aphra Behn (1640-1689) was one of the most successful dramatists of the Restoration theatre and a popular poet. This is the final volume in a set of seven which comprises a complete edition of all her works.
Author : Janet Todd
Publisher :
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 12,32 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689
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Aphra Behn (1640-1689) was one of the most successful dramatists of the Restoration theatre and a popular poet. This is the sixth volume in a set of seven which comprises a complete edition of all her works.
Author : Aphra Behn
Publisher :
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 27,7 MB
Release : 1871
Category :
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Author : Aphra Behn
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 12,37 MB
Release : 2003-08-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0141958871
When Prince Oroonoko’s passion for the virtuous Imoinda arouses the jealousy of his grandfather, the lovers are cast into slavery and transported from Africa to the colony of Surinam. Oroonoko’s noble bearing soon wins the respect of his English captors, but his struggle for freedom brings about his destruction. Inspired by Aphra Behn’s visit to Surinam, Oroonoko (1688) reflects the author’s romantic view of Native Americans as simple, superior peoples ‘in the first state of innocence, before men knew how to sin’. 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.
Author : Derek Hughes
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 27,82 MB
Release : 2004-11-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1139826948
Traditionally known as the first professional woman writer in English, Aphra Behn has now emerged as one of the major figures of the Restoration. 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 novel set in America. Behn's work straddles the genres: beside drama and fiction, she also excelled in poetry and she made several important translations from French libertine and scientific works. This Companion discusses and introduces her writings in all these fields and provides the critical tools with which to judge their aesthetic and historical importance. It also includes a full bibliography, a detailed chronology and a description of the known facts of her life. The Companion will be an essential tool for the study of this increasingly important writer and thinker.
Author : George Villiers Duke of Buckingham
Publisher :
Page : 833 pages
File Size : 38,52 MB
Release : 2007
Category :
ISBN : 0199203636
George Villiers, Second Duke of Buckingham, was one of the most controversial figures of the late 17th century. He was the principal author of 'The Rehearsal' (1671), a burlesque play. This edition addresses the difficulties in both attribution and annotation that almost all of his works present.
Author : Aphra Behn
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 956 pages
File Size : 13,53 MB
Release : 2021-03-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1108899226
Aphra Behn (1640-1689) is renowned as the first professional woman of literature and drama in English. Her career in the Restoration theatre extended over two decades, encompassing remarkable generic range and diversity. Her last five plays, written and performed between 1682 and 1696, include city comedies (The City-Heiress, The Luckey Chance), a farce (The Emperor of the Moon), a tragicomedy (The Widdow Ranter), and a comedy of family inheritance (The Younger Brother). These plays exemplify Behn's skills in writing for individual performers, and exhibit the topical political engagement for which she is renowned. They witness to Behn's popularity with theatre audiences during the politically and financially difficult years of the 1680s and even after her death. 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 Restoration.
Author : Gary Day
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 1524 pages
File Size : 15,73 MB
Release : 2015-03-09
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1444330209
Provides a comprehensive overview of all aspects of the poetry, drama, fiction, and literary and cultural criticism produced from the Restoration of the English monarchy to the onset of the French Revolution Comprises over 340 entries arranged in A-Z format across three fully indexed and cross-referenced volumes Written by an international team of leading and emerging scholars Features an impressive scope and range of subjects: from courtship and circulating libraries, to the works of Samuel Johnson and Sarah Scott Includes coverage of both canonical and lesser-known authors, as well as entries addressing gender, sexuality, and other topics that have previously been underrepresented in traditional scholarship Represents the most comprehensive resource available on this period, and an indispensable guide to the rich diversity of British writing that ushered in the modern literary era 3 Volumes www.literatureencyclopedia.com
