The Rover

Behn, Aphra

ISBN 10: 0803253508 / ISBN 13: 9780803253506

Edité par University of Nebraska Press, 1967

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Synopsis :

I'm no tame sigher, but a rampant lion of the forest, says Willmore, the Rover, on shore after a long voyage. I have a world of love in store, he claims, searching through the streets for a woman to prove it. When he meets two young Spanish woman--I love mischief, says one--all the chemistry of comic satire lets loose.

The Rover roamed the English stage for a century and has been rediscovered in our own time as a theatrical masterpiece of wit and daring. Aphra Behn (1640-1689) combined dramatic genius and training with personal experience that gave her rare insight into manners and roles. She spied on the Dutch for the English king and was once imprisoned for debt. Behn is one of the very few great English playwrights to be honored in life by popular scandal and in death by burial at Westminster Abbey. She was the first English woman to earn her living by writing.

Présentation de l'éditeur: Number thirty nine in NHB's Drama Classics Series, providing the world's great drama at a great price.

The introduction to this edition of The Rover includes a short biography of Aphra Behn and chronology of her work; a guide to what happens in the play; a short history of the play and its context; and a brief guide to characterisation, language and themes.

The Rover is a rollicking Restoration comedy, written in 1677 by the playwright, novelist and spy Aphra Behn. Set against the background of Carnival in Naples The Rover deals with Willmore, a rakish naval captain in love with Hellena. She is determined to experience love before her brother sends her to a convent but complications arise when Angellica Bianca, a famous courtesan, falls in love with Willmore and swears revenge on him for his betrayal.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : The Rover
Éditeur : University of Nebraska Press
Date d'édition : 1967
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : Very Good
Etat de la jaquette : No Jacket