Carnival time in The Rover is a period when prohibitions are temporarily removed, privileges and rank suspended, and women - from convent girls to courtesans - take the initiative. Featuring multiple plot lines, which deal with the adventures of a group of love-struck Englishmen in Naples, Aphra Behn's play explores issues of love, trickery and deception, forced marriage, male power, fidelity, and the excesses of sexual passion. Hers is a male-dominated society, but one with a clear-sighted portrayal of the female predicament.
The play is widely taught on A Level courses as well as on undergraduate literature and women's writing courses. This new edition contains a completely new introduction, and takes into account important criticism from the past decade, as well as a new understanding of the nature of theatre in Behn's time, and the significance of her contribution to English drama.
| ISBN: | 9781408152119 |
| Publication date: | 11th October 2012 |
| Author: | Aphra Behn |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Methuen Drama an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 176 pages |
| Series: | New Mermaids |
| Genres: |
Plays, playscripts Literary studies: general Literary studies: plays and playwrights |
Carnival time in The Rover is a period when prohibitions are temporarily removed, privileges and rank suspended, and women - from convent girls to courtesans - take the initiative. Featuring multiple plot lines, which deal with the adventures of a group of love-struck Englishmen in Naples, Aphra Behn's play explores issues of love, trickery and deception, forced marriage, male power, fidelity, and the excesses of sexual passion.
The Rover features in the following genres: Plays, playscripts, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: plays and playwrights
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The Rover was written by Aphra Behn and published by Bloomsbury Methuen Drama an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
The Rover has 176 pages
Yes it is part of New Mermaids series
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