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The Works Of Aphra Behn
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Author : Aphra Behn
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2019-09-25
The Works Of Aphra Behn written by Aphra Behn and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-25 with Fiction categories.
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The Works Of Aphra Behn
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Author : Aphra Behn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972-08
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The Critical Fortunes Of Aphra Behn
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Author : Janet Todd
language : en
Publisher: Camden House
Release Date : 1998
The Critical Fortunes Of Aphra Behn written by Janet Todd and has been published by Camden House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Art categories.
This is the first study of the posthumous life of Aphra Behn, the extraordinary vicissitudes of her critical reception, and the personal vilifications of her reputation through three centuries. Beginning with the reception of Behn's work during her lifetime, which she herself helped to orchestrate by performing herself as a seductive woman, a beleaguered lady writer, and a serious intellectual, among other roles, the work ends with the late 20th-century reception of Behn, when the interest in gender, race, and class has made of her almost a postmodern writer. In the 17th century she was seen as a playwright of sexy and propagandist comedies, and attacked by those who disapproved her supposedly unfeminine stance and her royalist politics. Later, as the Restoration period itself fell into disrepute, Behn's plays were denigrated along with those of her fellow men, but greater opprobrium fell on her as a woman, because in the 19th century it was felt that a female writer should have higher morals than a man. During this period, Behn's reputation was exceedingly low, while her short story Oroonoko gained acclaim, freed from any association with its author or her supposedly squalid times. In the 18th and 19th centuries Oroonoko moved from being viewed as political commentary and heroic romance to a sentimental tale of doomed love and then an abolitionist text. In the early twentieth century it was hailed as one of the earliest realist texts, part of the great English ascent into the novel. JANET TODD is professor of English at the University of East Anglia
The Secret Life Of Aphra Behn
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Author : Janet Todd
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 1997
The Secret Life Of Aphra Behn written by Janet Todd and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"Behn is a mass of contradictions: a high Tory who disliked traditional power structures; a powerful, autonomous woman who depended on men's approval; a woman who desired men and women and who became involved in intense political activity, yet craved case. This readable, fast-paced book uncovers Behn's assertive, duplicitous, sensual character and illustrates the openly erotic nature of her writings, her explorations of desire, sexual excitement and disappointment, which later made her a byword for lewdness. It reveals historical sources and court cases behind some of her most famous 'fictions'.".
The Plays Histories And Novels Of Mrs Aphra Behn With Life And Memoirs
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Author : Aphra Behn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1871
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The Works Of Aphra Behn Complete
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Author : Aphra Behn
language : en
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Release Date : 1967
The Works Of Aphra Behn Complete written by Aphra Behn and has been published by Library of Alexandria this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with categories.
It is perhaps not altogether easy to appreciate the multiplicity of difficulties with which the first editor of Mrs. Behn has to cope. Not only is her life strangely mysterious and obscure, but the rubbish of half-a-dozen romancing biographers must needs be cleared away before we can even begin to see daylight. Matter which had been for two centuries accepted on seemingly the soundest authority is proven false; her family name itself was, until my recent discovery, wrongly given; the very question of her portrait has its own vexed (and until now unrecognized) dilemmas. In fine there seems no point connected with our first professional authoress which did not call for the nicest investigation and the most incontrovertible proof before it could be accepted without suspicion or reserve. The various collections of her plays and novels which appeared in the first half of the eighteenth century give us nothing; nay, they rather cumber our path with the trash of discredited Memoirs. Pearson's reprint (1871) is entirely valueless: there is no attempt, however meagre, at editing, no effort to elucidate a single allusion; moreover, several of the NovelsÑ and the Poems in their entiretyÑ are lacking. I am happy to give (Vol. V) one of the Novels, and that not the least important, The History of the Nun, for the first time in any collected edition. Poems, in addition to those which appeared in Mrs. Behn's lifetime, and were never reprinted after, have been gathered with great care from many sources (of which some were almost forgotten). It is hoped that this new issue of Mrs. Behn may prove adequate. Any difficulties in the editing have been more than amply compensated for by the interest shown by many friends. Foremost, my best thanks are due to Mr. Bullen, whose life-long experience of the minuti¾ of editing our best dramatic literature, has been ungrudgingly at my service throughout, to the no small advantage of myself and my work. Mr. Edmund Gosse, C.B., has shown the liveliest interest in the book from its inception, and I owe him most grateful recognition for his kindly encouragement and aid. Nay, more, he did not spare to lend me treasured items from his library so rich in first, and boasting unique, editions of Mrs. Behn. Mr. G. Thorn Drury, K.C., never wearied of answering my enquiries, and in discussion solved many a knotty point. To him I am obliged for the transcript of Mrs. Behn's letter to Waller's daughter-in-law, and also the Satire on Dryden. He even gave of his valuable time to read through the Memoir and from the superabundance of his knowledge made suggestions of the first importance. The unsurpassed library of Mr. T. J. Wise, the well-known bibliographer, was freely at my disposal. In other cases where I have received any assistance in clearing a difficulty I have made my acknowledgement in the note itself.
The Plays Histories And Novels Of The Ingenious Mrs Aphra Behn
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Author : Aphra Behn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1871
The Plays Histories And Novels Of The Ingenious Mrs Aphra Behn written by Aphra Behn and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1871 with Behn, Aphra categories.
Aphra Behn 1640 1689
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Author : Guyonne Leduc
language : fr
Publisher: Editions L'Harmattan
Release Date : 2000-11-01
Aphra Behn 1640 1689 written by Guyonne Leduc and has been published by Editions L'Harmattan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-11-01 with Women and literature categories.
It was Aphra Behn who opened up new paths for women, in their quest for an identity, to know themselves better by discovering the other. As the many books published in Britain and in the United States over the last years, this volume reveals the numerous facets of the writer, while stressing her ambiguity.
The Plays Histories And Novels Of The Ingenious Mrs Aphra Behn
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Author : Aphra Behn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1871
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Selected Poems Of Aphra Behn
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Author : Aphra Behn
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-08-18
Selected Poems Of Aphra Behn written by Aphra Behn and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-18 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book presents a collection of the poetry of the 17th-century writer Aphra Behn. It examines the relationships between the sexes, seen from the woman's point of view. The book also includes some of Behn's translations, occasional pieces, satires, and songs.