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This six-volume anthology documents the history of women's drama
throughout the 18th century, starting with the emergence in 1695-6
of the second generation of women dramatists in succession to Aphra
Benn. Containing a representative selection of newly edited and
annotated texts by leading woman dramatists of the period from 1696
to 1800, the anthology reflects the changes in Britain's global
realignment in class models and perception of other peoples.
This six-volume anthology documents the history of women's drama
throughout the 18th century, starting with the emergence in 1695-6
of the second generation of women dramatists to Aphra Benn. It
includes the work of Catherine Trotter, Mary Pix, Eliza Haywood and
Elizabeth Griffith.
This six-volume anthology documents the history of women's drama
throughout the 18th century, starting with the emergence in 1695-6
of the second generation of women dramatists to Aphra Benn. It
includes the work of Catherine Trotter, Mary Pix, Eliza Haywood and
Elizabeth Griffith.
This six-volume anthology documents the history of women's drama
throughout the 18th century, starting with the emergence in 1695-6
of the second generation of women dramatists to Aphra Benn. It
includes the work of Catherine Trotter, Mary Pix, Eliza Haywood and
Elizabeth Griffith.
This six-volume anthology documents the history of women's drama
throughout the 18th century, starting with the emergence in 1695-6
of the second generation of women dramatists to Aphra Benn. It
includes the work of Catherine Trotter, Mary Pix, Eliza Haywood and
Elizabeth Griffith.
This six-volume anthology documents the history of women's drama
throughout the 18th century, starting with the emergence in 1695-6
of the second generation of women dramatists to Aphra Benn. It
includes the work of Catherine Trotter, Mary Pix, Eliza Haywood and
Elizabeth Griffith.
This six-volume anthology documents the history of women's drama
throughout the 18th century, starting with the emergence in 1695-6
of the second generation of women dramatists to Aphra Benn. It
includes the work of Catherine Trotter, Mary Pix, Eliza Haywood and
Elizabeth Griffith.
Aphra Behn??'s novel Oroonoko (1688) is one of the most widely
studied works of seventeenth-century literature, because of its
powerful representation of slavery and complex portrayal of ways in
which differing races and cultures - European, Black African, and
Native American - observe and misinterpret each other. This edition
presents a new edition of Oroonoko, with unprecedentedly full and
informative commentary, along with complete texts of three major
British seventeenth-century works concerned with race and
colonialism: Henry Neville??'s The Isle of Pines (1668), Behn??'s
Abdelazer (1676), and Thomas Southerne??'s tragedy Oroonoko (1696).
It combines these with a rich anthology of European discussions of
slavery, racial difference, and colonial conquest from the
mid-sixteenth century to the time of Behn??'s death. Many are taken
from important works that have not hitherto been easily available,
and the collection offers an unrivaled resource for studying the
culture that produced Britain??'s first major fictions of slavery.
Human sacrifice has fascinated Western writers since the beginnings
of European literature. It is prominent in Greek epic and tragedy,
and returned to haunt writers after the discovery of the Aztec mass
sacrifices. It has been treated by some of the greatest creative
geniuses, including Shakespeare and Wagner, and was a major topic
in the works of many Modernists, such as D. H. Lawrence and
Stravinsky. In literature, human sacrifice is often used to express
a writer's reaction to the residue of barbarism in his own culture.
The meaning attached to the theme therefore changes profoundly from
one period to another, yet it remains as timely an image of
cultural collapse as it did over two thousand years ago. Drawing on
sources from literature and music, in this 2007 book Derek Hughes
examines the representation of human sacrifice in Western culture
from The Iliad to the invasion of Iraq.
Traditionally known as the first professional woman writer in
English, Aphra Behn has now emerged as one of the major figures of
the Restoration. She provided more plays for the stage than any
other author and greatly influenced the development of the novel
with her ground-breaking fiction, especially Love-Letters between a
Nobleman and his Sister and Oroonoko, the first English novel set
in America. Behn's work straddles the genres: beside drama and
fiction, she also excelled in poetry and she made several important
translations from French libertine and scientific works. This
Companion discusses and introduces her writings in all these fields
and provides the critical tools with which to judge their aesthetic
and historical importance. It also includes a full bibliography, a
detailed chronology and a description of the known facts of her
life. The Companion will be an essential tool for the study of this
increasingly important writer and thinker.
Traditionally known as the first professional woman writer in
English, Aphra Behn has now emerged as one of the major figures of
the Restoration. She provided more plays for the stage than any
other author and greatly influenced the development of the novel
with her ground-breaking fiction, especially Love-Letters between a
Nobleman and his Sister and Oroonoko, the first English novel set
in America. Behn's work straddles the genres: beside drama and
fiction, she also excelled in poetry and she made several important
translations from French libertine and scientific works. This
Companion discusses and introduces her writings in all these fields
and provides the critical tools with which to judge their aesthetic
and historical importance. It also includes a full bibliography, a
detailed chronology and a description of the known facts of her
life. The Companion will be an essential tool for the study of this
increasingly important writer and thinker.
Aphra Behn??'s novel Oroonoko (1688) is one of the most widely
studied works of seventeenth-century literature, because of its
powerful representation of slavery and complex portrayal of ways in
which differing races and cultures - European, Black African, and
Native American - observe and misinterpret each other. This edition
presents a new edition of Oroonoko, with unprecedentedly full and
informative commentary, along with complete texts of three major
British seventeenth-century works concerned with race and
colonialism: Henry Neville??'s The Isle of Pines (1668), Behn??'s
Abdelazer (1676), and Thomas Southerne??'s tragedy Oroonoko (1696).
It combines these with a rich anthology of European discussions of
slavery, racial difference, and colonial conquest from the
mid-sixteenth century to the time of Behn??'s death. Many are taken
from important works that have not hitherto been easily available,
and the collection offers an unrivaled resource for studying the
culture that produced Britain??'s first major fictions of slavery.
This magisterial work forms a close critical study of all the surviving plays first written and professionally premiered in England between 1660 and 1700. Hughes's readable volume analyses many texts, often in detail and for the first time, and also places them within the range of contemporary theatrical output, with its diversity of outlook and constant shifts in fashion and subject. The Country-Wife and The Man of Mode are treated not as typical `Restoration Comedies' but as almost unique plays. Hughes also presents innovative work on the political, intellectual, and social background of the corpus, with extensive discussion of its treatment of women and the contribution of women dramatists.
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