Oroonoko: or, The Royal Slave - Softcover

Behn, Aphra; Metzger, Lore

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393312054 ISBN 13: 9780393312058

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 1997

Synopsis

The first woman in England to make her living by writing, Aphra Behn (1640-1689) combines memoir, exotic travel narrative, and romance to tell the story of the noble Oroonoko, a black man who begins life as a prince and ends it as a slave. The tale depicts the overthrow of a hero by a civilization that considers itself superior to him. Taken up by reformers in the long battle against the slave trade, reprinted and imitated countless times, Oroonoko remains a popular tale that introduces powerful themes onto the literary stage.

About this title

Review:

'Excellent copy text and really outstanding collection of contextual material - and at a remarkably low price...Congratulations!' - Peter New, University of Exeter

About the Author:

Aphra Behn flourished in the cosmopolitan world of the London playhouse and the court. It was she, Virginia Woolf wrote, "who earned [women] the right to speak their minds."

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0393312054
• ISBN 13: 9780393312058
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96