| Description |
xxii, 248 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Cambridge companions to literature
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (235-242) and index. |
| Contents |
Aphra Behn: the documentary record / Mary Ann O'Donnell -- Behn, women, and society / Susan Staves -- Aphra Behn and the Restoration theatre / Derek Hughes -- 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 -- 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 -- Short fiction (excluding Oroonoko) / Jacqueline Pearson -- Pastoral and lyric: Astrea in Arcadia / Jessica Munns -- Aphra Behn's French translations / Line Cottegnies. |
| Subject |
Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Women and literature -- England -- History -- 17th century.
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| Added Author |
Hughes, Derek, 1944-
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Todd, Janet M., 1942-
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| ISBN |
0521527201 (pbk.) |
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0521820197 (hdbk.) |
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9780521820196 (hdbk.) |
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9780521527200 (pbk.) |
| Standard No. |
NLGGC 263910067 |
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YDXCP 100360229 |
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NZ1 8435081 |
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