Traditionally known as the first professional woman writer in English, Aphra Behn (1640-1689) 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 is essential to studying her work.
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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.
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When Aphra Behn first attracted public literary notice, it was in September 1670 with her first play, The Forc'd Marriage, which she published in 1671 with the epigraph, 'Va mon enfant! Prend ta fortune.' Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cavalier hero, cavalier myth, city heiress, congratulatory poem, pastoral verse, pastoral lyrics, women dramatists, spying mission, royal slave, sex comedy, social comedy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Aphra Behn, Sir Timothy, The City-Heiress, Sir Feeble, The Feign'd Curtizans, The Luckey Chance, Lady Galliard, New York, Duke of York, The Forc'd Marriage, The Young King, Sir Patient Fancy, Janet Todd, Lady Fancy, The Amorous Prince, The History of the Nun, Sir Charles, The Widdow Ranter, Derek Hughes, Gilbert Burnet, Popish Plot, Earl of Rochester, Mary Ann O'Donnell, Robert Markley, Unfortunate Happy New!
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When Aphra Behn first attracted public literary notice, it was in September 1670 with her first play, The Forc'd Marriage, which she published in 1671 with the epigraph, 'Va mon enfant! Prend ta fortune.' Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cavalier hero, cavalier myth, city heiress, congratulatory poem, pastoral verse, pastoral lyrics, women dramatists, spying mission, royal slave, sex comedy, social comedy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Aphra Behn, Sir Timothy, The City-Heiress, Sir Feeble, The Feign'd Curtizans, The Luckey Chance, Lady Galliard, New York, Duke of York, The Forc'd Marriage, The Young King, Sir Patient Fancy, Janet Todd, Lady Fancy, The Amorous Prince, The History of the Nun, Sir Charles, The Widdow Ranter, Derek Hughes, Gilbert Burnet, Popish Plot, Earl of Rochester, Mary Ann O'Donnell, Robert Markley, Unfortunate Happy New!
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- History of the Nun, The (Large Print) by Aphra Behn on 12 pages
- Emperor of the Moon by Aphra Behn on 7 pages
- The Theatre of Aphra Behn by Derek Hughes on 6 pages
- The Passionate Shepherdess: Aphra Behn, 1640-89 by Maureen Duffy on 5 pages
- The Man of Mode (New Mermaids) by George Etherege on 4 pages
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- The Cambridge Companion to Wallace Stevens (Cambridge Companions to Literature) by John N. Serio in Front Matter
- The Cambridge Companion to Philip Roth (Cambridge Companions to Literature) by Timothy Parrish in Front Matter
- The Cambridge Companion to Edward Albee (Cambridge Companions to Literature) by Stephen Bottoms in Back Matter
- The Cambridge Companion to John Updike (Cambridge Companions to Literature) by Stacey Olster in Back Matter
- The Cambridge Companion to Dante (Cambridge Companions to Literature) by Rachel Jacoff in Front Matter
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