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Aphra Behn

    10 luglio 1640 – 16 aprile 1689

    Aphra Behn fu una drammaturga di spicco della Restaurazione inglese e una delle prime scrittrici professioniste, contribuendo significativamente al genere della narrativa amorosa. La sua intera carriera è considerata più importante di qualsiasi singola opera, poiché guadagnò alle donne il diritto di esprimersi. Behn viene spesso paragonata a George Sand per il suo stile di vita bohémien e la sua capacità di scrivere in modo avvincente in un'epoca in cui la letteratura spesso soddisfaceva le inclinazioni umane più basse, richiedendole di scrivere come un uomo per avere successo.

    The Widow Ranter
    The Rover
    Konemann Classics: Oroonoko & Other Stories
    Oroonoko, the Rover and Other Works
    Virago Classics: Love-Letters Between a Nobleman and His Sister
    Oroonoko
    • Focusing on accessibility, this book is a reproduction of a historical work presented in large print, catering specifically to individuals with impaired vision. Published by Megali, a house dedicated to enhancing readability, it aims to preserve important texts while ensuring they are easily accessible to a wider audience.

      The Works of Aphra Behn; In Six Volumes, The town-fop, The false count, The lucky chance, The forc'd marriage, The emperor of the moon2024
    • Love-Letters Between a Nobleman and His Sister

      in large print

      • 636pagine
      • 23 ore di lettura

      This publication focuses on making historical works accessible by providing them in large print, catering specifically to individuals with impaired vision. The initiative by Megali Publishing emphasizes inclusivity and the importance of preserving historical texts for a broader audience.

      Love-Letters Between a Nobleman and His Sister2024
    • The Widow Ranter

      • 132pagine
      • 5 ore di lettura

      Heavily fictionalized and featuring a memorable cast of both heroic and comic characters, Aphra Behn’s long-neglected tragicomedy is an important and entertaining contribution to the catalogue of transatlantic and Restoration literature. This edition supplements the play with an informative introduction and a selection of historical documents.

      The Widow Ranter2022
      3,2
    • Oroonoko and Other Writings

      • 289pagine
      • 11 ore di lettura

      Aphra Behn (1640-89) achieved both fame and notoriety in her own time, enjoying considerable success for her plays and for her short novel Oroonoko, the story of a noble slave who loves a princess. Acclaimed by Virginia Woolf as the first English woman to earn her living by the pen, Behn's achievements as a writer are now acknowledged less equivocally than in the seventeenth century. As well as Oroonoko, this volume contains five other works of fiction ranging from comedy and high melodrama to tragedy. The Fair Jilt, Memoirs of the Court of the King of Bantam, The History of the Nun, The Adventure of the Black Lady, and The Unfortunate Bride are complemented by a generous selection of her poetry, ranging from public political verse to lyrics and witty conversation poems. This selection demonstrates Behn's range, as well as her wit, compassion, and interest in the question of identity and self-representation.

      Oroonoko and Other Writings2009
      3,2
    • I value fame almost as much as if I had been born a hero (preface to The Lucky Chance): Aphra Behn (1640-89) achieved both fame and notoriety in her own time, enjoying considerable success for her plays and for her short novel Oroonoko, the story of a noble slave who loves a princess. Acclaimed by Virginia Woolf as the first English woman to earn her living by the pen, Behn's achievements as a writer are now acknowledged less equivocally than in the 17th century. As well as Oroonoko, The Fair Jilt, Memoirs of the Court of the King of Bantam, The History of the Nun, The Adventure of the Black Lady, and The Unfortunate Bride are complemented by a This selection demonstrates Behn's range, as well as her wit, compassion, and interest in the question of identity and self-representation.

      Konemann Classics: Oroonoko & Other Stories1999
      2,6
    • Oroonoko

      • 128pagine
      • 5 ore di lettura

      We are bought and sold like apes or monkeys, to be the sport of women, fools, and cowards, and the support of rogues ...' Spy, traveller and pioneering female writer Aphra Benn's story of an African prince sold into slavery is considered one of the earliest English novels.

      Oroonoko1997
      4,0