A Study Guide for Aphra Behn's "The Rover"
Title | A Study Guide for Aphra Behn's "The Rover" PDF eBook |
Author | Gale, Cengage Learning |
Publisher | Gale, Cengage Learning |
Pages | 36 |
Release | 2016 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1410357058 |
A Study Guide for Aphra Behn's "The Rover," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Drama For Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Drama For Students for all of your research needs.
The Rover
Title | The Rover PDF eBook |
Author | Aphra Behn |
Publisher | Joe Books Ltd |
Pages | 190 |
Release | 2015-06-02 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 1987955684 |
The magic of Naples during Carnival inspires love between a disparate group of local citizens and visiting Englishmen.
A Study Guide for Aphra Behn's "Oroonoko"
Title | A Study Guide for Aphra Behn's "Oroonoko" PDF eBook |
Author | Gale, Cengage Learning |
Publisher | Gale, Cengage Learning |
Pages | 37 |
Release | 2016-06-29 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1410354806 |
A Study Guide for Aphra Behn's "Oroonoko," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Novels for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Novels for Students for all of your research needs.
A Study Guide for Aphra Behn's "The Forc'd Marriage"
Title | A Study Guide for Aphra Behn's "The Forc'd Marriage" PDF eBook |
Author | Gale, Cengage Learning |
Publisher | Gale, Cengage Learning |
Pages | 37 |
Release | 2016 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1410346293 |
A Study Guide for Aphra Behn's "The Forc'd Marriage," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Drama For Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Drama For Students for all of your research needs.
Oroonoko, the Rover and Other Works
Title | Oroonoko, the Rover and Other Works PDF eBook |
Author | Aphra Behn |
Publisher | Penguin UK |
Pages | 461 |
Release | 2003-08-28 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0141958871 |
When Prince Oroonoko’s passion for the virtuous Imoinda arouses the jealousy of his grandfather, the lovers are cast into slavery and transported from Africa to the colony of Surinam. Oroonoko’s noble bearing soon wins the respect of his English captors, but his struggle for freedom brings about his destruction. Inspired by Aphra Behn’s visit to Surinam, Oroonoko (1688) reflects the author’s romantic view of Native Americans as simple, superior peoples ‘in the first state of innocence, before men knew how to sin’. The novel also reveals Behn’s ambiguous attitude to African slavery – while she favoured it as a means to strengthen England’s power, her powerful and moving work conveys its injustice and brutality.
Oroonoko
Title | Oroonoko PDF eBook |
Author | Aphra Behn |
Publisher | The Floating Press |
Pages | 115 |
Release | 2009-06-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1775415600 |
Aphra Behn was one of the first professional English female writers and Oroonoko was one of her earliest works. It is the love story between Oroonoko, the grandson of an African king, and the daughter of that king's general. The king takes the girl into his harem, and when she plans to escape with his grandson, sells her as a slave. When Oroonoko tries to follow her he is caught by an English slave trader and taken to the same West Indian island as his love.
The Rover
Title | The Rover PDF eBook |
Author | Aphra Behn |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 436 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | English drama (Comedy) |
ISBN | 9780192834515 |
Aphra Behn (1640-89) was both successful and controversial in her own lifetime; her achievements are now recognized less equivocally and her plays, often revived, demonstrate wit, compassion and remarkable range. This edition brings together her most important comedies in a single volume: The Rover, her best-known play; The Feigned Courtesans, a lively comedy of intrigue; The Lucky Chance, a comedy with a bitter edge, which takes a satirical look at marriage customs; and the dazzling and popular farce, The Emperor of the Moon. All the plays have been newly edited and are presented with modernized spelling and punctuation.