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Oroonoko: A Norton Critical Edition

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Oroonoko: A Norton Critical Edition

This long-awaited Norton Critical Edition of Aphra Behnâ€™s best-known and most influential work makes available the original 1688 text, the only text published in her lifetime.
The editor supplies explanatory annotations and textual notes.

"Historical Backgrounds" is an especially rich collection of seventeenth-and eighteenth-century documents about colonizers and slaves in the new world. Topically arranged-"Montaigne on America," "The Settling of Surinam," "Observers of Slavery, 1654â€“1712," "After Oroonoko: Noble Africans in Europe," and "Opinions on Slavery"-these selections create a revealing context for Behnâ€™s unusual story. Illustrations and maps are also included.

"Criticism" begins with an overview of responses to Behn and Oroonoko, from learned and popular writers of her time to Sir Walter Scott and Virginia Woolf, among others. Current critical interpretations are by William C. Spengemann, Jane Spencer, Robert L. Chibka, Laura Brown, Charlotte Sussman, and Mary Beth Rose.

A Chronology of Behnâ€™s life and a Selected Bibliography are included.
Country USA
Brand W. W. Norton & Company
Manufacturer W. W. Norton & Company
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber illustrations
Model illustrations
ReleaseDate 1997-01-17
UnitCount 1
UPCs 000393970140
EANs 9780393970142

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