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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 | 18 Jun 2014 |
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| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 160 |
| ISBN | 9781408166116 |
| Imprint | Methuen Drama India |
| Series | New Mermaids |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing India Pvt. Ltd |
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