Oroonoko, the Rover and Other Works - Couverture souple

Behn, Aphra

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140433384 ISBN 13 : 9780140433388

Editeur : Penguin Classics, 1992

Synopsis

When Prince Oroonoko’s passion for the virtuous Imoinda arouses the jealousy of his grandfather, the lovers are cast into slavery and transported from Africa to the colony of Surinam. Oroonoko’s noble bearing soon wins the respect of his English captors, but his struggle for freedom brings about his destruction. Inspired by Aphra Behn’s visit to Surinam, Oroonoko (1688) reflects the author’s romantic view of Native Americans as simple, superior peoples ‘in the first state of innocence, before men knew how to sin’. The novel also reveals Behn’s ambiguous attitude to African slavery – while she favoured it as a means to strengthen England’s power, her powerful and moving work conveys its injustice and brutality.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Aphra Behn (c. 1640–1689), born in Kent, England, claimed to have visited the British colony of Surinam, where Oroonoko is set. She wrote poetry, short stories, stage plays, and political propaganda for the Tory party, as well as her great amorous and political novel, Love Letters Between a Nobleman and His Sister.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Classics
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0140433384
• ISBN 13: 9780140433388
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 400
• Éditeur: Todd Janet
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Penguin; https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/; ; CL MODESTO LAFUENTE 41; Madrid; Madrid; Espagne