"Rover" (New Mermaids) - Softcover

Behn, Aphra

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0713666714 ISBN 13: 9780713666717

Verlag: Methuen Drama, 2002

Inhaltsangabe

Book by Aphra Behn Brian Gibbons

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Críticas:

'Behn was a pioneering female playwright and her script twists between full-blooded romp, offering insidious arguments for free love and a more rueful vision of the consequences of the inequality of the sexes.' Robert Shore, Time Out London, 9.7.09

Reseña del editor:

Callis: What, go in masquerade?...what would you do there? Hellena: That which all the world does...be as mad as the rest and take all innocent freedoms Aphra Behn was the first female professional writer in England and the most prolific playwright of the late 17th century, after Dryden. The Rover, her most popular play, is set in Naples during the misrule of carnival time, when prohibitions are temporarily removed, privileges and rank suspended, and women, from convent girls to courtesans, take the initiative. Behn has been credited with creating more daring dialogue between the sexes than many of her male contemporaries. The Rover explores issues of love, trickery and deception, forced marriage, male power, fidelity and the excesses of sexual passion. This student edition contains a lengthy Introduction with background on the author, date and sources, theme, critical interpretation and stage history.

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• Verlag: Methuen Drama
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0713666714
• ISBN 13: 9780713666717
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 160
• Herausgeber: Bolam Robyn