Aphra Behn (1640-89) was both successful and controversial in her own lifetime; her achievements are now recognized less equivocally and her plays, often revived, demonstrate wit, compassion and remarkable range. This edtion brings together her most important comedies in a single volume: The Rover, her best-known play; The Feigned Courtesans, a lively comedy of intrigue; The Lucky Chance, a comedy with a bitter edge, which takes a satirical look at marriage customs; and the dazzling and popular farce, The Emperor of the Moon. All the plays have been newly edited and are presented with modernized spelling and punctuation.
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"An affordable volume of Behn's major plays is long overdue. The endnotes are helpful in placing Behn in a literary tradition and the cultural milieu of her London. The text will be appropriate for a variety of courses: Woemn's Studies, period surveys, drama courses, etc."--Deborah Montuori, University of Missouri-Columbia
"This collection of four comedies by Aphra Behn is a welcome addition to the growing number of available works by 17th-century women authors."--Choice
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Jane Spencer is Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Exeter. She is also the editor of Behn's Oroonoko and other Writings in World's Classics.
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Well-laid out text, excellent foreward,
This review is from: The Rover and Other Plays (Oxford World's Classics) (Paperback)
Recently introduced to the works of Aphra Behn, I found this collection to be an excellently laid out edition of some of her plays. The print is friendly to the eye (many collections of Restoration drama are not) and easy to read. I can only speak for "The Rover", as I have not had the time to read the rest of the plays. However, I found the notes and the forewards to the plays to be informative and easy to follow. It must be said that the notes were contained in the back of the book, as opposed to the bottom of the page; that was a bit of an irritant, especially when reading a crucial scene. On the whole however, I give this book a thumbs up!
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The text is fabulous. Providing access to an underappreciated female writer is desperately needed. The modernized spelling is wonderfully accessible. But using endnotes rather than footnotes to explain all unusual words, references, etc. is unbelievably frustrating. And not even endnotes after each play - endnotes at the end of the book! I am dizzy from flipping back and forth several times each page to the end of the book.
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Needed this play for a class in college, and ordered. It arrived within a week, and was in great condition.
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Wits, like physicians, never can agree, Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
feigned courtesans, proscenium doors, perjured man, shutter position, discovery scene, moon world, mad fellow, speaking head, young wenches, young rogue, thousand crowns, lucky chance, popish plot Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Don Pedro, Enter Belvile, Enter Florinda, Exit Petro, Don Antonio, Enter Ralph, Ned Blunt, Doctor Baliardo, Don Cinthio, Don Vincentio, Enter Leticia, Count Julio, Don Charmante, Enter Belmour, Exit Philippa, Enter Bellemante, Enter Gayman, Enter Julio, Enter Pedro, Enter Philippa, Enter Rag, Exit Scaramouch, Signor Tickletext, Sir Harry Fillamour, Donna Marcella New!
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Wits, like physicians, never can agree, Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
feigned courtesans, proscenium doors, perjured man, shutter position, discovery scene, moon world, mad fellow, speaking head, young wenches, young rogue, thousand crowns, lucky chance, popish plot Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Don Pedro, Enter Belvile, Enter Florinda, Exit Petro, Don Antonio, Enter Ralph, Ned Blunt, Doctor Baliardo, Don Cinthio, Don Vincentio, Enter Leticia, Count Julio, Don Charmante, Enter Belmour, Exit Philippa, Enter Bellemante, Enter Gayman, Enter Julio, Enter Pedro, Enter Philippa, Enter Rag, Exit Scaramouch, Signor Tickletext, Sir Harry Fillamour, Donna Marcella New!
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- The Lucky Chance (Royal Court Writers) by Aphra Behn on 14 pages
- Emperor of the Moon by Aphra Behn on 12 pages
- Aphra Behn (New Casebooks) by Janet Todd in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Front Matter (3)
- Restoration Comedy (Drama Classics) by William Congreve in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Front Matter (3)
- The City Heiress (Dodo Press) by Aphra Behn in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
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