Kate Aughterson

Aphra Behn: The Comedies (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Aphra Behn: The Comedies provides students with an approachable and fascinating analysis of Behn's dramaturgical abilities, showing particularly how she uses comic and dramatic conventions to radical ends. Kate Aughterson shows how the playwright forces her audience to engage with issues about gender and sexuality, whilst continuing to write witty and accessible plays.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 259
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. März 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780230629448
• Artikelnr.: 58433312

Autorenporträt

KATE AUGHTERSON is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Central England, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

General Editor's Preface.- A Note on Editions.- Introduction.- PART ONE: ANALYSING BEHN'S COMEDIES.- Openings.- Endings.- Discovery Scenes.- Heroines and Whores.- Rakes and Gallants.- Doubled Plots.- Staging.- Carnival and Masquerade.- Politics and Society.- General Conclusions to Part One.- PART TWO: CONTEXTS AND CRITICS.- Behn's Literary Career.- Restoration Contexts.- Sample Critical Views and Performances.- Further Reading.- Index.