1. Aphra Behn Society Homepage 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 16601800. http://prometheus.cc.emory.edu/behn

2. Isle Of Lesbos: Poetry Of Aphra Behn Aphra Behn 16401689. Aphra Behn, The City Heiress (available online); Aphra Behn, Oronooko, or The Royal Slave (available online); http://www.sappho.com/poetry/a_behn.html

Lesbian Poetry Historical Poetry Contemporary Poetry Resources for Poets and Readers Lesbian Poetry FAQ ... Historical : Aphra Behn Aphra Behn Aphra Behn ( 33k JPG image ), alleged by Vita Sackville-West to be the first women in England to earn a living as a writer, is a bit of a mystery. Little is known about her backgroundwho her parents were and where she was bornbut the details of her life that are known paint the portrait of an intriguing woman. Aphra lived for a time in Surinam, an experienced that inspired her first novel, Oroonoko, or The Royal Slave (1688). She was married for a short time and widowed at age 25. She secured employment as a spy for King Charles II and was sent to Belgium in this capacity. The King refused to pay her return trip, however, and after borrowing the funds to return, she was thrown into debtor's prison. After leaving prison, Aphra worked hard to make sure she was always capable of supporting herself. She became a successful London playwright and then a novelist. She wrote poetry, feeling that this form allowed her to express her "masculine" side. Aphra's opinions were unconventional, and because she openly expressed her viewpoints in her lifestyle and through her writing, she was seen as scandalous. Her poetry remarks on romantic relationships with both men and women, discusses rape and impotence, puts forth a woman's right to sexual pleasure, and includes scenes of eroticism between men.

3. Aphra Behn Aphra Behn is one of the most famous women writers in literature, partly because she was one of the first women to make a living by her writing, but also http://classiclit.about.com/cs/profileswriters/p/aa_abehn1.htm

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Main Page Recent changes Edit this page Page history ... Printable version Not logged in Log in Help Other languages: Deutsch Esperanto Aphra Behn From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Aphra Behn (circa April 16 ). After John Dryden , she was the most prolific dramatist of the Restoration , and considered to be the first professional woman writer. She was born at Wye England July 10 , 1640, the daughter, it is said, of a barber. As a child, she went out to Dutch Guiana , then an English colony named after the Surinam River , returning to England about . After the death of her husband, in , she was dispatched as a spy to Antwerp by Charles II , and it was she who first warned that monarch of the Dutch Government's intention to send a fleet up the Thames . She died on April 16 , and was buried in Westminster Abbey . It was while in Dutch Guiana that she met Oroonoko , in the circumstances described in the story of the same name. No doubt she has idealised her hero somewhat, but she does not seem to have exaggerated the extraordinary adventures of the young African chief. Her major works include Oroonoko; or The Royal Slave

6. Oroonoko The Rover And Other Works (Penguin Classics) Behn Aphra Oroonoko The Rover and Other Works (Penguin Classics) behn aphra. Author or Artist behn aphra. Title Oroonoko The Rover and Other http://www.wild-faux-design.co.uk/Behn-Aphra-Oroonoko-The-Rover-928-667-986-8.ht

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Book Reviews and Compare Prices for Behn Aphra Home Browse Books Bookstore List Top Selling Books ... Rate Book Stores Search: Title/Author/Keywords/ISBN Authors A-Z Behn Aphra Book Review and Price Comparison Pages: Top Selling Books for Behn Aphra Aphra Behn AUTHOR: Sue J. Wiseman ISBN: 0746307098 Publish Date: September 1996 Format: Paperback Compare prices for this book Aphra Behn Studies AUTHOR: Janet Todd (Editor), Janet M. Todd ISBN: 0521471699 Publish Date: March 1996 Format: Hardcover Compare prices for this book Oroonoko, The Rover and Other Works AUTHOR: Aphra Behn, Janet Todd (Editor), Janet M. Todd (Editor) ISBN: 0140433384 Publish Date: December 1992 Format: Paperback Compare prices for this book Oroonoko: Or, the Royal Slave (Bedford Cultural Editions) AUTHOR: Aphra Behn, et al ISBN: 0312108133 Publish Date: January 2000 Format: Paperback Compare prices for this book Oroonoko AUTHOR: Behn, Aphra ISBN: 0393312054 Format: Paperback Compare prices for this book Aphra Behn's English Feminism: Wit and Satire AUTHOR: Dolors Altaba-Artal ISBN: 1575910292 Publish Date: January 2000 Format: Hardcover Compare prices for this book The Critical Fortunes of Aphra Behn AUTHOR: Janet Todd ISBN: 1571131655 Publish Date: June 1998 Format: Hardcover Compare prices for this book Aphra Behn AUTHOR: Aughterson, Kate

8. Aphra Behn -- The Unfortunate Happy Lady: A True History aphra behn The Unfortunate Happy Lady A True History. Go to list of HTML files in this directory (Jane Austen, etc.) Go to other etexts http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/bhnufhpl.html

Aphra Behn: The Unfortunate Happy Lady: A True History Go to list of HTML files in this directory (Jane Austen, etc.) Go to other e-texts Text Notes Meanings of names I have no idea whether this story is great literature or not, but it struck me as interesting for the light it throws on the fantasy life and daydreams of women in late 17th-century England. It's also kind of fun to read, if you can appreciate a little juicy melodrama, and aren't put off by the excessive italicizing . The story was first published in 1698 or 1700, after Aphra Behn's death, but from the remark about King Charles II , was apparently written before 1685. This text is scanned in from Volume V of the Collected Works , published in 1916; quotation marks were added, and some of the more obfuscatory punctuation was tampered with to improve readability. THE UNFORTUNATE HAPPY LADY: A True History. I CANNOT omit giving the World an account of the uncommon Villany of a Gentleman of a good Family in England , practis'd upon his Sister, which was attested to me by one who liv'd in the Family, and from whom I had the whole Truth of the Story. I shall conceal the unhappy Gentleman's own under the borrow'd Names of Sir William Wilding , who succeeded his Father Sir Edward , in an Estate of near 4000 l.

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10. Aphra Behn aphra behn. (16401689). aphra behn, perhaps the first professional English woman author, was born aphra Johnson near Canterbury, England in 1640. http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/biographies/behn.html

Distinguished Women of Past and Present First Page Name Index Subject Index Related Sites ... Search Aphra Behn Aphra Behn, perhaps the first professional English woman author, was born Aphra Johnson near Canterbury, England in 1640. She was the daughter of an innkeeper and as a child she was taken to Surinam, West Indies. While there, she met an enslaved Negro prince, Oroonoko, who was the basis for a novel she wrote later. She returned to England between 1658 and 1663 and married a merchant named Behn but was widowed after three years of marriage. In the meantime, she had entered court circles and was employed as a spy at Antwerp for King Charles II in the war against the Dutch (1665-1667). She provided political and naval information to the English government, but was paid very little or not at all, and on her return to England was imprisoned briefly for debt. Aphra Behn had at some time previously acquired schooling in languages and in literature and soon turned to writing poetry, novels, and plays to earn a living. She wrote The Forced Marriage The Rover The Feigned Courtizans The City Heiress (1682). Her plays were very successful and were performed under royal patronage by the Duke's Theatre Company. In 1688, she published the novel

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12. Poets' Corner - Aphra Behn - Selected Works Two poems from the Poets' Corner. http://www.theotherpages.org/poems/behn01.html

P.C. Home Page Recent Additions Poets: A B C D E F G H ... Y Z Love Arm'd L OVE in Fantastique Triumph satt, Whilst bleeding Hearts around him flow'd, For whom Fresh pains he did create, And strange Tryanic power he show'd; From thy Bright Eyes he took his fire, Which round about, in sport he hurl'd; But 'twas from mine he took desire, Enough to undo the Amorous World. From me he took his sighs and tears, From thee his Pride and Crueltie; From me his Languishments and Feares, And every Killing Dart from thee; Thus thou and I, the God have arm'd, And sett him up a Deity; But my poor Heart alone is harm'd, Whilst thine the Victor is, and free. Aphra Behn A Thousand Martyrs I Have Made A THOUSAND Martyrs I have made, All sacrific'd to my desire; A thousand Beauties have betray'd, That languish in resistless Fire. The untam'd Heart to hand I brought, And fixt the wild and wandring Thought. I never vow'd nor sigh'd in vain But both, thô false, were well receiv'd. The Fair are pleas'd to give us pain, And what they wish is soon believ'd. And thô I talked of Wounds and Smart

13. Aphra Behn - Author Of The Rover And Oroonoko Biography of the first professional female playwright, plus links to all of her works currently in print. http://www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/clsc17.htm

Aphra Behn Before becoming a professional writer, Aphra Behn was a professional spy for England, code-named "Astrea" or Agent 160. She was the first professional female writer in England, and for the first twenty years of her career, she was the only female playwright. It was rumored that she was James II's mistress. However, we know very little else about her life. The Restoration , as a period, was badly documented, and the institutions that did keep records, Oxford and Cambridge, the Inns of Court and the Middle Temple, excluded women from their ranks. So our understanding of Ms. Behn's life must depend on the writings she left behind, the voices of her characters, the repeated themes and expressions. Perhaps as a result of her one certain activity, espionage, Ms. Behn was fascinated with the entanglement of sex and power, both in the personal and political spheres. And because this was considered an inappropriate subject for a woman, she was, for centuries after her death, simply regarded as a smutty writer. The Marquis of Halifax went so far as to blame Behn for the oppression of other women when he remarked, "The unjustifiable freedom of some of your sex have involved the rest in the penalty of being reduced." In recent years, however, Ms. Behn has been rediscovered by a more liberal generation of readers and performers. Her plays are now read throughout the English-speaking world and are regarded not as vulgar sexploits, but rather as legitimate and sensual explorations of gender, race and class.

14. Aphra Behn Society Sites behn Sites. The aphra behn Page (Ruth Nestvold); behn entry at the Lesbian Poetry site (includes some poems); behn s Oroonoko Bibliography; http://prometheus.cc.emory.edu/behn/sites.html

15. Poems By 17th Century Dramatists An index of poems by some of the greatest dramatists of the seventeenth century, including aphra behn, William Congreve, and John Dryden. http://www.poetry-archive.com/collections/17th_century_dramatists.html

POEMS BY 17TH CENTURY DRAMATISTS: Aubade - by William Davenant (1606-1668) The Coquet - by William Davenant (1606-1668) The Cross Dian's Votaries - by Thomas Heywood (1573-1641) The Disappointment - by Aphra Behn (1640-1689) The Dream Called Life The Enchantment - by Thomas Otway (1652-1685) False though She be - by William Congreve (1670-1729) From 'Life is a Dream' Hidden Flame - by John Dryden (1631-1700) The Holy Eucharist A Hue and Cry after Fair Amoret - by William Congreve (1670-1729) Ladies in Arms - by William Davenant (1606-1668) Love Armed - by Aphra Behn (1640-1689) Mac Flecknoe - by John Dryden (1631-1700) On Desire - by Aphra Behn (1640-1689) One Happy Moment - by John Dryden (1631-1700) On Her Loving Two Equally - by Aphra Behn (1640-1689) Rustic Happiness - by Thomas Heywood (1573-1641) A Song for St. Cecilia's Day, November 22, 1687

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17. Aphra Behn (1640-1689) Click Here. aphra behn. p. 657. behn, aphra (otherwise AFRA, APHARA or AYFARA) (16401689), British dramatist and novelist, was baptized at Wye, Kent, in 1640. http://www.theatrehistory.com/british/behn001.html

APHRA BEHN This article was originally published in Encyclopedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, Volume III . Anonymous. Cambridge: University Press, 1910. p. 657. BEHN, APHRA (otherwise AFRA, APHARA or AYFARA) (1640-1689), British dramatist and novelist, was baptized at Wye, Kent, in 1640. Her father, John Johnson, was a barber. While still a child she was taken out to Surinam, then an English possession, from which she returned to England in 1658, when it was handed over to the Dutch. In Surinam Aphra learned the history, and acquired personal knowledge of the African prince Oroonoko and his beloved Imoinda, whose adventures she has related in her novel, Oroonoko The Forced Marriage, or the Jealous Bridegroom The Amorous Prince The Town Fop (1677); and The Rover, or the Banished Cavalier (in two parts, 1677 and 1681); and The Roundheads (1682). She possessed a great ingenuity, and showed an admirable comprehension of stage business, while her wit and vivacity were unfailing. Of her short tales, or novelettes, the best is the story of

18. Aphra Behn Society Dedicated to encouraging and advancing research that focuses on issues of gender and/or women's role in the arts circa 16601800. http://prometheus.cc.emory.edu/behn/index.html

19. The City Heiress The City Heiress. behn, aphra. Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library. All online databases. About the electronic version. The City Heiress. behn, aphra http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/browse-mixed-new?id=BehCity&tag=public&

20. The City Heiress behn, aphra . The City Heiress Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library. The entire work ( KB) Table of Contents for this work . http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/BehCity.html

Behn, Aphra . The City Heiress Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library The entire work KB Table of Contents for this work All on-line databases Etext Center Homepage Header ... Dedication Dedication Prologue THE CITY HEIRESS; or, Sir Timothy Treat-all PROLOGUE, Written by Mr. Otway , Spoken by Mrs. Barry Dramatis personae DRAMATIS PERSONAE. Act 1 Scene 1.1 Act 2 Scene 2.1 ... Epilogue EPILOGUE. Written by a Person of Quality: Spoken by Mrs. Boteler

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