期刊全称 | Aphra Behn: The Comedies | 影响因子2023 | Kate Aughterson | 视频video | | 发行地址 | A useful and accessible guide to the plays of an important seventeenth-century female dramatist. Examines how Aphra Behn addresses the subjects of gender and sexuality in her plays. Explores drama as | 学科分类 | Analysing Texts | 图书封面 |  | 影响因子 | Kate Aughterson provides readers with an approachable and fascinating critical guide to the dramatic works of an important seventeenth-century woman writer.Aughterson analyses Aphra Behn‘s abilities as a playwright, showing particularly how she skillfully employs comic and dramatic conventions to radical ends, and how she forces her audience to engage with issues about gender and sexuality whilst retaining her witty and accessible style. .Chapters in the first part of the book provide close readings of the comedies, addressing such topics as openings, endings, character types, staging, and politics and society.In the second part, Aughterson not only examines Behn‘s literary career and the Restoration contexts of her plays, but also looks at some sample criticism and explores Behn‘s drama as performance. | Pindex | Textbook 2003Latest edition |
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