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Beschreibung
Aphra Behn's work has always been subject to critical fashion and her literary reputation was only really secured in the closing decade of this century, especially by new historicist and feminist critics. The essays collected here represent the best of a range of contemporary critical views, discussing both Behn's drama and her prose writings. Janet Todd provides a stimulating introduction mapping Behn' s literary reception, situating the works of the critics included in a broader literary context and pointing towards Behn as a newly politicized figure at the close of the twentieth century.
Aphra Behn's work has always been subject to critical fashion and her literary reputation was only really secured in the closing decade of this century, especially by new historicist and feminist critics. The essays collected here represent the best of a range of contemporary critical views, discussing both Behn's drama and her prose writings. Janet Todd provides a stimulating introduction mapping Behn' s literary reception, situating the works of the critics included in a broader literary context and pointing towards Behn as a newly politicized figure at the close of the twentieth century.
Über den Autor
Janet Todd
Zusammenfassung
Janet Todd is a leading Behn scholar
Aphra Behn is now widelystudied at A and undergraduate level
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
General Editors' Preface
Introduction; [...]
Who Was That Masked Woman? The Prostitute and the Playwright in the Comedies of Aphra Behn; C.Gallagher
Gestus and Signature in Aphra Behn's 'The Rover'; E.Diamond
'Suspect my loyalty when I lose my virtue': Sexual Politics and Party in Aphra Behn's Plays of the Exclusion Crisis, 1678-83; S.[...]
Spectacular Death: History and Story in 'The Widow Ranter'; [...]
'But to the touch were soft': Pleasure, Power and Impotence in 'The Disappointment' and 'The Golden Age'; [...]
Desire and the Uncoupling of Myth in Behn's Erotic Poems; C.Barash
Gender and Narrative in the Fiction of Aphra Behn; J.Pearson
Love-Letters: Engendering Desire; R.Ballaster
Beyond Incest: Gender and the Politics of Transgression in Aphra Behn's 'Love-Letters Between a Nobleman and His Sister'; E.Pollak
The Romance of Empire: 'Oroonoko' and the Trade in Slaves; [...]
Juggling the Categories of Race, Class and Gender: Aphra Behn's 'Oroonoko'; M.Ferguson
Further Reading
Notes on Contributors
Index.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 1999
Genre: Importe
Rubrik: Literaturwissenschaft
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 256 S.
ISBN-13: 9780333720219
ISBN-10: 0333720210
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Todd, Janet
Herausgeber: Janet Todd
Hersteller: Bloomsbury 3PL
Macmillan Education
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße: 216 x 140 x 14 mm
Von/Mit: Janet Todd
Erscheinungsdatum: 19.04.1999
Gewicht: 0,327 kg
Artikel-ID: 130231573