Aphra Behn Studies (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521471695)

Aphra Behn was England's first professional woman writer, but her status as a major author has only recently become clear. Between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries Behn was denigrated for her "unwomanly" subject matter and intellectual immodesty. In the twentieth century she has been increasingly viewed as a leading dramatist of the Restoration and a founder of the English novel. This collection forms an important resource for those studying seventeenth century English literature and drama, and for those interested in the development of women's writing.

Author: Janet Todd
ISBN-10: 0521471699
ISBN-13: 9780521471695
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/28/1996
Pages: 344
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 9.19h x 6.18w x 0.98d