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Aphra Behn (Magill’s Choice: Notable British Novelists)
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As a truly professional writer, perhaps the first British female to have written for profit, Aphra Behn moved easily through the various literary genres and forms. Her plays include The Forced Marriage: Or, The Jealous Bridegroom (1670); The Amorous Prince: Or, The Curious Husband (1671); The Dutch Lover (1673); The Town Fop: Or, Sir Timothy Tawdry (1676); Abdelazar: Or, the Moor’s Revenge (1676); The Rover: Or, The Banished Cavaliers, I, II (1677, 1681); Sir Patient Fancy (1678); The Roundheads: Or, The...
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Acting Styles (Topical Overview--Drama) -
Dramatic Genres (Topical Overview--Drama) -
Staging and Production (Topical Overview--Drama) -
Feminist Long Fiction (Topical Overview--Long Fiction) -
Origins and Development of the Novel Before 1740 (Topical Overview--Long Fiction) -
Explicating Poetry (Topical Overview--Poetry)
