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27 de abr. de 2024 · The Aphra Behn Society is dedicated to encouraging and advancing research that focuses on issues of gender and/or women's role in the arts of early modern culture, circa 1660-1830.
1 de may. de 2024 · From 2–4 July 2024, the Aphra Behn (Europe) Society will meet for its 8th international in-person conference, Aphra Behn & her Restoration, at the University of Kent. This sits perfectly between the village of Harbledown, Aphra Behn’s birthplace, and the city of Canterbury where she grew up.
2 de may. de 2024 · Opinion. Aphra Behn: the 17th-century spy at the heart of a sex scandal. Francesca Peacock. Thu, May 2, 2024, 3:00 AM PDT · 5 min read. 'A woman who scratched herself out': Peter Lely's c1670...
1 de may. de 2024 · Oroonoko, or the Royal Slave by Behn, Aphra Aphra Behn was one of the first professional English female writers and Oroonoko was one of her earliest works. It is the love story between Oroonoko, the grandson of an African king, and the daughter of that king's general.
Hace 1 día · By Cameron Bowman Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko is a text like no other. Probably the first English language novel, its major theme is a subject rarely discussed in the late seventeenth century: the morality of the transatlantic slave trade. When Behn wrote Oroonoko in 1688, the British were still relative newcomers to the transatlantic slave trade.…
25 de abr. de 2024 · A stunning new bronze statue of a pioneering 17th-century author has been unveiled ahead of its official installation in Canterbury. Fresh from the foundry is the figure of Aphra Behn, who was born in Sturry in 1640 and is credited with being Britain’s first-ever professional female writer.
Hace 6 días · Aphra Behn (; bapt. 14 December 1640 – 16 April 1689) was an English playwright, poet, prose writer and translator from the Restoration era. As one of the first English women to earn her living by her writing, she broke cultural barriers and served as a literary role model for later generations of women authors.
