Aphra Behn's AfterlifeOxford University Press, 2000 - 309 Seiten Aphra Behn, now becoming recognized as a major Restoration figure, is especially significant as an early example of a successful professional woman writer: an important and often troubling role-model for later generations of women. This book shows that her influence on eighteenth-century literature was far-reaching. Because literary history was (and to an extent still is) based on notions of patrilineal succession, it has been difficult to recognize the generative work of women's texts among male writers. This book suggests that Behn had 'sons' as well as 'daughters' and argues that we need a feminist revision of the notion of literary influence. Behn's reputation was very different in different genres. The book analyses her reception as a poet, a novelist, and a dramatist, showing how reactions to her became an important part of the creation of the English literary canon. |
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... Hawkesworth's , was pre- miered at Drury Lane on 1 December 1759. Another version by Francis Gentleman was performed at Edinburgh in 1760 , and several years later , in 1768 , moved to London . There was also an anony- mously altered ...
... Hawkesworth's , was pre- miered at Drury Lane on 1 December 1759. Another version by Francis Gentleman was performed at Edinburgh in 1760 , and several years later , in 1768 , moved to London . There was also an anony- mously altered ...
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... Hawkesworth pointed out , had made both Oroonoko and Aboan act oddly : both suspect Hotman of treachery , yet they still let him know the plan of the rebellion and the time of the rendezvous , thus laying themselves open to his betrayal ...
... Hawkesworth pointed out , had made both Oroonoko and Aboan act oddly : both suspect Hotman of treachery , yet they still let him know the plan of the rebellion and the time of the rendezvous , thus laying themselves open to his betrayal ...
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... Hawkesworth.55 Johnson's own opposition to slavery has become famous from remarks recorded as eccentricities by James Boswell , himself a firm supporter of the slave - trade . The review does not directly discuss the issue of slavery ...
... Hawkesworth.55 Johnson's own opposition to slavery has become famous from remarks recorded as eccentricities by James Boswell , himself a firm supporter of the slave - trade . The review does not directly discuss the issue of slavery ...
Inhalt
Introduction I | 1 |
The Behn Myth 19 68 | 19 |
The Dramatist and the Novelist | 62 |
Urheberrecht | |
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