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Plays 1682-1696 Aphra Behn ; edited by Rachel Adcock, Kate Aughterson Claire Bowditch, Elaine Hobby, Alan James Hogarth, Anita Pacheco, Margarete Rubik
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689, author.
- Series:
- The Cambridge edition of the works of Aphra Behn 4
- Standardized Title:
- Plays. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- European literature--Renaissance, 1450-1600.
- European literature.
- Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689.
- Behn, Aphra.
- European literature--Renaissance.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom New York, NY Cambridge University Press 2021
- Summary:
- Aphra Behn (1640-1689) is renowned as the first professional woman of literature and drama in English. Her career in the Restoration theatre extended over two decades, encompassing remarkable generic range and diversity. Her last five plays, written and performed between 1682 and 1696, include city comedies (The City-Heiress, The Luckey Chance), a farce (The Emperor of the Moon), a tragicomedy (The Widdow Ranter), and a comedy of family inheritance (The Younger Brother). These plays exemplify Behn's skills in writing for individual performers, and exhibit the topical political engagement for which she is renowned. They witness to Behn's popularity with theatre audiences during the politically and financially difficult years of the 1680s and even after her death. Informed by the most up-to-date research in computational attribution, this fully annotated edition draws on recent scholarship to provide a comprehensive guide to Behn's work, and the literary, theatrical and political history of the Restoration
- Contents:
- The city-heiress
- The luckey chance
- The emperor of the moon
- The widdow Ranter
- The younger brother
- Notes:
- Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 31, 2021)
- Contains:
- Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689. City heiress.
- Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689. Luckey chance.
- Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689. Emperor of the moon.
- Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689. Widow Ranter
- Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689. Younger brother.
- ISBN:
- 9781108887564
- 1108887562
- OCLC:
- 1244177084
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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