Of Love and War : The Political Voice in the Early Plays of Aphra Behn.
Title:
Of Love and War : The Political Voice in the Early Plays of Aphra Behn.
Author:
Hayden, Judy A.
ISBN:
9789042031739
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (307 pages)
Series:
Costerus NS
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED -- Table of Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- I Romance, Restoration, and Exclusion in The Young King: or, The Mistake -- II High, Bold Rebells and Phantastick Courtiers in The Forc'd Marriage, or The Jealous Bridegroom -- III Sexual Deviance and Universal Order in The Amorous Prince, or, The Curious Husband -- IV The Rake, the Whore, and the Third Dutch War in The Dutch Lover -- V Bleeding Hearts and Killing Darts in Abdelazer, or The Moor's Revenge -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDICES -- Appendix A: Declaration of Breda and Letter -- Appendix B: Proclamations for Suppression Whereas by an Order . . . -- A Proclamation to Restrain the Spreading of False News -- A Proclamation to Restrain the Spreading of False News -- A Proclamation for the Suppression of Riots -- A Proclamation for the Suppression of Coffee-Houses -- A Proclamation Concerning Coffee-Houses -- A Proclamation for the better Discovery of Seditious Libellers -- Appendix C: Declaration of Indulgence -- Appendix D: Proclamations against Popery -- A Proclamation Commanding All Jesuites and Popish Priests to Depart this Kingdom -- A Proclamation for Banishing all Popish Priests and Jesuites -- At the Court at Whitehal -- A Proclamation for Inforcing the Laws against Conventicles -- A Proclamation against Numerous Conventicles -- A Proclamation -- A Proclamation -- A Proclamation for the Suppression of Popery -- A Proclamation for Preventing the Fears and Dangers -- A Proclamation for the Discovery and Apprehension of Jesuites -- A Proclamation -- At the Court at Whitehall -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.
Abstract:
Of Love and War: The Political Voice in the Early Plays of Aphra Behn is a study which situates Behn's early plays within their historical and political context. Behn (c.1640-1689), the first professional female playwright in England, is a fascinating study, having traveled to Surinam as a young woman, served as a spy for Charles II, and evidently supported her family through her writing, including plays, poetry, fiction, and translation. Her early plays have often been dismissed as romances, largely because they treat such social and/or gender issues as forced marriage and female desire. This study argues that these same social issues frequently serve as tropes for political commentary and propaganda in support of foreign and domestic policies. Behn's plays clearly demonstrate staunch loyalist support of the Stuart government, yet within the dramatic construction, she-like her contemporary male colleagues, offers fascinating covert political criticism. Judy Hayden is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of English and Writing at the University of Tampa. She earned her PhD at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England. She has published numerous articles and essays on Restoration Drama in journals such as Studies in English Literature, Papers on Language and Literature, English, and Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Drama and in collections including Aphra Behn (1640-1689): Identity, Alterity, Ambiguity (L'Harmattan, 2000) and Roxolana in European Literature, History and Culture (Ashgate).
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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