Descripción
The best-known work by Aphra Behn, Oroonoko is an important contribution to the development of the novel in English. Though it predates the British abolition movement by more than a century, it is also an early depiction of the dehumanizing racial violence of slavery; Oroonoko tells of a noble African prince enslaved and taken to Surinam, where he leads a violent revolt of the enslaved. This edition offers helpful annotations, an informative introduction, and contextual materials situating Oroonoko in the context of seventeenth-century slavery and the colonization of Surinam. The early reception of Oroonoko is also documented.
Author: Aphra Behn
Publisher: Broadview Press Inc
Published: 06/08/2020
Pages: 132
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9781554811625
ISBN10: 1554811627
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Classics
- Fiction | Historical | General
- Fiction | Action & Adventure
About the Author
Tiffany Potter is Professor of Teaching and Associate Head of Curriculum and Planning at the University of British Columbia.
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