Aphra Behn

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Aphra Behn (Critical Survey of Poetry)

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Although Aphra Behn wrote more than a dozen separate pieces of fiction that critics of her day called novels, only a portion may legitimately be labeled as such. Principal among these is her most noted work of fiction, Oroonoko: Or, The History of the Royal Slave (1688); others worthy of consideration are Agnes de Castro (1688), The Fair Jilt: Or, The History of Prince Tarquin and Miranda (1688), The History of the Nun: Or, The Fair Vow-Breaker (1689), and The Nun: Or, The Perjured Beauty (1697). During her lifetime, Behn...

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See Also:

• Disappointment, The (Poetry)
• Forced Marriage, The (Women’s Literature)
• Forced Marriage, The (Character Profiles)
• Oroonoko (Masterplots Classics)
• Oroonoko (Character Profiles)
• Oroonoko (Literary Places)
• Rover, The (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)