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Kate Aughterson provides readers with an approachable and fascinating critical guide to the dramatic works of an important seventeenth-century woman writer. Aughterson analyses Aphra Behn's abilities as a playwright, showing particularly how she skillfully employs comic and dramatic conventions to radical ends, and how she forces her audience to engage with issues about gender and sexuality whilst retaining her witty and accessible style.
Chapters in the first part of the book provide close readings of the comedies, addressing such topics as openings, endings, character types, staging, and politics and society. In the second part, Aughterson not only examines Behn's literary career and the Restoration contexts of her plays, but also looks at some sample criticism and explores Behn's drama as performance.
Table of Contents
A Note on Editions
Introduction
PART ONE: ANALYSING BEHN'S COMEDIES
Openings
Endings
Discovery Scenes
Heroines and Whores
Rakes and Gallants
Doubled Plots
Staging
Carnival and Masquerade
Politics and Society
General Conclusions to Part One
PART TWO: CONTEXTS AND CRITICS
Behn's Literary Career
Restoration Contexts
Sample Critical Views and Performances
Further Reading
Index.
Product details
| Published | 14 Mar 2017 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 259 |
| ISBN | 9780230629448 |
| Imprint | Red Globe Press |
| Series | Analysing Texts |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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