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...
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...
Aphra Behn's literary reputation was only really secured in the closing decade of this century, especially by new historicist and feminist critics. The essays collected here present the best of a range of contemporary critical views, discussing both Behn's drama and her prose...
Aphra Behn's work has always been subject to critical fashion and her literary reputation was only really secured in the closing decade of this century, especially by new historicist and feminist critics. The essays collected here represent the best of a range of contemporary...