Aphra Behn’s 1677 play “The Rover” hides its feminist protest within a comic form.
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Behn’s Comedy Masks Feminist Protest
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Sexual Misconduct in the Classics
A sexual misconduct course required of all employees got me thinking of problematic situations in the books that I teach.
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Can Raillery Defuse NFL Anger?
Aphra Behn wrestles with novel ways to deal with potential abuse in her play “The Rover.”
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A 17th Century Comedy Addressing Rape
The Right Wing’s “war on women” is affecting the way my students read Aphra Behn.
Aphra Behn, Relationship Counselor
I’ve been reading essays for my Restoration and 18th Century Couples Comedy class and, as always, am finding new dimensions in the works as I look at them through the students’ eyes. Aprha Behn’s comedy The Rover has proved particularly illuminating. Three essays written on the play focused on its romantic relationships. Florinda and Belvile […]
Aphra Behn, Sexual Revolutionary
Aphra Behn, by Mary Beale I am having a great deal of fun teaching Aphra Behn’s play The Rover this week. Written in 1677 during the reign of Charles II, it is a rollicking sex comedy that proved to be very popular. A woman writing for the stage was in itself extraordinary. That the play […]
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