The Rover: Revised Edition (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781408152119)

Carnival time in The Rover is a period when prohibitions are temporarily removed, privileges and rank suspended, and women - from convent girls to courtesans - take the initiative. Featuring multiple plot lines, which deal with the adventures of a group of love-struck Englishmen in Naples, Aphra Behn's play explores issues of love, trickery and deception, forced marriage, male power, fidelity, and the excesses of sexual passion. Hers is a male-dominated society, but one with a clear-sighted portrayal of the female predicament.

The play is widely taught on A Level courses as well as on undergraduate literature and women's writing courses. This new edition contains a completely new introduction, and takes into account important criticism from the past decade, as well as a new understanding of the nature of theatre in Behn's time, and the significance of her contribution to English drama.

Author: Aphra Behn
ISBN-10: 1408152118
ISBN-13: 9781408152119
Publisher: Methuen Drama
Language: English
Published: 12/06/2012
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.50d