Including the full text of Aphra Behn's novella Oroonoko , this volume explores its global historical context through a number of literary, philosophical, and historical texts designed to place the work in a literary history as well as a relational history of the three regions the story unites: West Africa, The Caribbean, and England. Documents from each corner of the "Triangular Trade," such as slave trader correspondence, travel accounts from Surinam, and legal decisions concerning slavery in England, combine to add to the richness of this earliest literary narrative written in English about an American colony. Gallagher is an English literature professor at the U. of California, Berkeley. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Oroonoko (Bedford Cultural Edition)

Literature & Fiction

Aphra, Behn

British & Irish

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

"Aphra Behn's Oroonoko, the story of an African prince's enslavement by British colonists and his journey from West Africa to the Caribbean, is the first literary work in English to portray the global interactions of that interlocking structure that came to be known as "the triangular trade." This edition features a generous selection of thematically organized historical materials that illuminate the three corners of the Atlantic triangle: West Africa, the Caribbean, and Europe. Excerpts from contemporary literary works by Ben Jonson, John Dryden, Richard Steele, and Daniel Defoe enrich our understanding of the literary contexts for Behn's portrayal of "blackness" in Oroonoko, and selections from later dramatizations of Oroonoko demonstrate the evolution of British attitudes toward racial difference in the century following the publication of Behn's work."--BOOK JACKET.

Oroonoko (Bedford Cultural Editions)

Classics

Oroonoko; Or, the Royal Slave (The Norton Library, N702)

W.W. Norton & Co., Inc.

This is above all, an indictment of arranged marriages. Young Leticia Bredwell has been purchased as a bride for the revoltingly foppish old Sir Feeble Fainwood. Feeble’s friend, Sir Cautious Fulbank, also bought himself a bride, Julia, who-like Leticia, is in love with another younger, poorer man. The women and their lovers determine to end this tradition of marital servitude before Leticia must consummate her marriage and Feeble’s daughter, Diana, becomes the next victim.This is above all, an indictment of arranged marriages. Young Leticia Bredwell has been purchased as a bride for the revoltingly foppish old Sir Feeble Fainwood. Feeble’s friend, Sir Cautious Fulbank, also bought himself a bride, Julia, who-like Leticia, is in love with another younger, poorer man. The women and their lovers determine to end this tradition of marital servitude before Leticia must consummate her marriage and Feeble’s daughter, Diana, becomes the next victim.

The Lucky Chance (Royal Court Writers)

Dramas & Plays

METHUEN

Contents: Marriage a-la-Mode (Dryden).- The Libertine (Shadwell).- The Rover, Parts 1 and 2 (Behn).- The Kind Keeper (Dryden).- The Orphan (Otway).- The Wives' Excuse (Southerne). Also includes introduction, notes, chronology, select bibliography, and plot summaries.

Libertine Plays of the Restoration (Everyman's Library)

JOHN DRYDEN

Thomas Shadwell

Thomas Otway

Thomas Southerne

Dent

Callis: What, go in masquerade?what would you do there? Hellena: That which all the world doesbe 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.

The Rover (New Mermaids)

Brian Gibbons

A & C Black, London/Methuen Drama

No dust cover. Cover is in good condition with very little wear from sitting on the shelf The pages are like new with no markings

The Works of Aphra Behn: Poetry: 001 (Volume 1)

Contemporary

Ohio State University Press

The Rover

Broadview Press

Increasingly Aphra Behn―the first woman professional writer―is also regarded as one of the most important writers of the 17th century. The Rover, her most famous and most accomplished play, is in many ways firmly in the tradition of Restoration drama; Willmore, the title character, is a rake and a libertine, and the comedy feeds on sexual innuendo, intrigue and wit. But the laughter that the play insights has a biting edge to it and the sexual intrigue an unsettling depth. As Anne Russell points out in her introduction to this edition, there are three options for women in the society represented in The Rover: marriage, the convent, or prostitution. In this marriage economy the witty and pragmatic virgin Hellena learns how to survive, while the prostitute Angellica Bianca can retain her autonomy only so long as she remains free from romantic love. It seems that in this world women can only be free by the anonymity of disguise―yet the mask is also the mark of the prostitute. And, paradoxically, disguise is the device that in many ways drives the plot towards marriage. Enormously popular through the eighteenth century, The Rover is now once again widely performed. Filled with the play of ideas, it is one of the most amusing, entertaining―and unsettling―of comedies.

The Rover, 2nd Edition (Broadview Literary Texts)

Oroonoko

The unabridged classic on MP3 audio, narrated by Anais 9000. Three playback speeds on one disk; etext edition included. Running time: 2.6 hours (slow), 2.4 hours (medium), 2.2 hours (fast).  Very early adventure-tale of an African prince sold into slavery.

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