| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 248 pages) |
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Cambridge companions to literature |
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Cambridge companions to literature
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| Contents |
Aphra Behn: the documentary record / Mary Ann O'Donnell -- Behn, women, and society / Susan Staves -- Aphra Behn and the Restoration theatre / Derek Hughes -- The political poetry of Aphra Behn / Melinda S. Zook -- Behn's dramatic response to Restoration politics / Susan J. Owen -- Tragedy and tragicomedy / Janet Todd and Derek Hughes -- Behn and the unstable traditions of social comedy / Robert Markley -- The Cavalier myth in The Rover / Helen M. Burke -- 'The story of the heart': Love-letters between a noble-man and his sister / Ros Ballaster -- Oroonoko: reception, ideology, and narrative strategy / Laura J. Rosenthal -- 'Others', slaves, and colonists in Oroonoko / Joanna Lipking -- The short fiction (excluding Oroonoko) / Jacqueline Pearson -- Pastoral and lyric: Astrea in Arcadia / Jessica Munns -- Aphra Behn's French translations / Line Cottegnies |
| Summary |
Traditionally known as the first professional woman writer in English, Aphra Behn has now emerged as one of the major figures of the Restoration, providing more plays for the stage than any other author and greatly influencing the development of the novel. Behn's work straddles the genres of drama, fiction, poetry and translation. With its full bibliography, detailed chronology and a description of the known facts of her life, this Companion will be an essential tool for the study of this increasingly important writer and thinker |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689 -- Criticism and interpretation -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689. |
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Women and literature -- England -- History -- 17th century -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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English Literature.
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English.
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Languages & Literatures.
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Women and literature.
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England.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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History.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Hughes, Derek, 1944-
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Todd, Janet, 1942-
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Cambridge University Press
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| ISBN |
0511221606 (electronic bk. ; Adobe Reader) |
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0511999194 |
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9780511221606 (electronic bk. ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780511999192 |
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