The Rover and Other Plays
$26.50
- Paperback
432 pages
- Release Date
31 March 2008
Summary
Aphra Behn (1640-89) was both successful and controversial in her own lifetime; her achievements are now recognized less equivocally and her plays, often revived, demonstrate wit, compassion and remarkable range.
This edition brings together her most important comedies in a single volume: The Rover, her best-known play; The Feigned Courtesans, a lively comedy of intrigue; The Lucky Chance, a comedy with a bitter edge, which takes a satirical look at marriage…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780199540204 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0199540209 |
| Author: | Aphra Behn, Jane Spencer |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 31 March 2008 |
| Weight: | 317g |
| Dimensions: | 27mm x 128mm x 196mm |
| Series: | Oxford World's Classics |
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Jane Spencer is Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Exeter. She is also the editor of Behn’s Oroonoko and other Writings in World’s Classics.
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