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OROONOKO
₨ 1,195“Historical Backgrounds” is an especially rich collection of seventeenth-and eighteenth-century documents about colonizers and slaves in the new world. Topically arranged-“Montaigne on America,” “The Settling of Surinam,” “Observers of Slavery, 1654?1712,” “After Oroonoko: Noble Africans in Europe,” and “Opinions on Slavery”-these selections create a revealing context for Behn?s unusual story. Illustrations and maps are also included.
“Criticism” begins with an overview of responses to Behn and Oroonoko, from learned and popular writers of her time to Sir Walter Scott and Virginia Woolf, among others. Current critical interpretations are by William C. Spengemann, Jane Spencer, Robert L. Chibka, Laura Brown, Charlotte Sussman, and Mary Beth Rose.
isvbn; “Historical Backgrounds” is an especially rich collection of seventeenth-and eighteenth-century documents about colonizers and slaves in the new world. Topically arranged-“Montaigne on America,” “The Settling of Surinam,” “Observers of Slavery, 1654?1712,” “After Oroonoko: Noble Africans in Europe,” and “Opinions on Slavery”-these selections create a revealing context for Behn?s unusual story. Illustrations and maps are also included.
“Criticism” begins with an overview of responses to Behn and Oroonoko, from learned and popular writers of her time to Sir Walter Scott and Virginia Woolf, among others. Current critical interpretations are by William C. Spengemann, Jane Spencer, Robert L. Chibka, Laura Brown, Charlotte Sussman, and Mary Beth Rose.
ISBN: 9780393970142
AUTHOR: APHRA BEHN
ISBN: 9780393970142
Publisher: W. W. NORTON & COMPANY
Subtitle: AN AUTHORITATIVE TEXT HISTORICAL BACKGROUNDS CRITISM
Author: APHRA BEHN -
THE LOVER’S WATCH
₨ 1,182A charming and witty volume of instruction for the aspiring lover, detailing hour by hour the correct way to spend a day apart. Iris is well aware of the hours of reflection and sighing due to her as a beautiful and sought-after woman, as well as the dangers and temptations that await a man whose lover is absent. Thus the hour between eight and nine, before Damon is enjoined to rise, may be spent in ‘Agreeable Reverie’, of which the principle subject is, of course, Iris, whilst five o’clock is the hour of ‘Dangerous Visits’ when Damon will be a prey to the wiles and machinations of his female acquaintances. Interspersed with beautiful – and instructive – verses, The Lover’s Watch is a sharp-witted and ironic observation of the universal manners of love, and an indispensable manual for all eager suitors.
ISBN: 1843910748
Publisher: HESPERUS
Subtitle: OR THE ART OF MAKING LOVE
Author: APHRA BEHN