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The Rover
Revised edition
The Rover
Revised edition
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Description
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.
Product details
| Published | Dec 06 2012 |
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| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 3rd |
| Extent | 176 |
| ISBN | 9781408152119 |
| Imprint | Methuen Drama |
| Dimensions | 198 x 129 mm |
| Series | New Mermaids |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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