Women Authors - British - Literary Criticism, English Fiction & Prose Literature - 16th-17th Century - Literary Criticism, English Drama - Restoration & 18th Century - Literary Criticism

Aphra Behn Studies

Name: Aphra Behn Studies
Author: Janet Todd
ISBN: 9780521119641

by Janet Todd

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Overview

Aphra Behn was England's first professional woman writer, but her status as a major author has only recently become clear. Between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries Behn was denigrated for her 'unwomanly' subject matter and intellectual immodesty. In the twentieth century she has been increasingly viewed as an important dramatist and poet of the Restoration and a founder of the English novel.This collection forms an important resource for those studying seventeenth century English literature and drama, and to those interested in the development of women's writing.

Synopsis

A study of Aphra Behn's drama, fiction, poetry and translation, as well as other aspects of her life, from her publishing struggles to her involvement in American slavery.