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Beschreibung
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.
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.
Über den Autor
Aphra Behn
Zusammenfassung

With its long introduction and on-page commentary notes, the edition offers students the most value

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Genre: Allgemeine Lexika, Importe
Rubrik: Literaturwissenschaft
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: New Mermaids
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781408152119
ISBN-10: 1408152118
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Behn, Aphra
Redaktion: Bolam, Robyn
Auflage: 3 Revised edition
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
New Mermaids
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 198 x 130 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Aphra Behn
Erscheinungsdatum: 11.10.2012
Gewicht: 0,149 kg
Artikel-ID: 106408662