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Oroonoko, or, The royal slave

Title

Oroonoko, or, The royal slave / Aphra Behn ; edited by Catherine Gallagher with Simon Stern.

Author

Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689

Publication

Boston : Bedford/St. Martin's, [2000]
©2000

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xviii, 473 pages : illustrations, maps; 22 cm.

Summary

"Aphra Behn's Oroonoko, the story of an African prince's enslavement by British colonists and his journey from West Africa to the Caribbean, is the first literary work in English to portray the global interactions of that interlocking structure that came to be known as "the triangular trade." This edition features a generous selection of thematically organized historical materials that illuminate the three corners of the Atlantic triangle: West Africa, the Caribbean, and Europe. Excerpts from contemporary literary works by Ben Jonson, John Dryden, Richard Steele, and Daniel Defoe enrich our understanding of the literary contexts for Behn's portrayal of "blackness" in Oroonoko, and selections from later dramatizations of Oroonoko demonstrate the evolution of British attitudes toward racial difference in the century following the publication of Behn's work."--Jacket.
"Aphra Behn's Oroonoko, the story of an African prince's enslavement by British colonists and his journey from West Africa to the Caribbean, is the first literary work in English to portray the global interactions of that interlocking structure that came to be known as "the triangular trade." This edition features a generous selection of thematically organized historical materials that illuminate the three corners of the Atlantic triangle: West Africa, the Caribbean, and Europe.
Excerpts from contemporary literary works by Ben Jonson, John Dryden, Richard Steele, and Daniel Defoe enrich our understanding of the literary contexts for Behn's portrayal of "blackness" in Oroonoko, and selections from later dramatizations of Oroonoko demonstrate the evolution of British attitudes toward racial difference in the century following the publication of Behn's work."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Bedford cultural editions

Uniform Title

Bedford cultural editions.

Alternative Title

Royal slave

Subjects

Genre/Form

Fiction.
History.
Sources.
Didactic fiction.

Note

Includes works or excerpts from works contemporary with the main text.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 464-472).

Contents

part 1. Oroonoko, or, The royal slave: The complete text -- part 2. Oroonoko, or, The royal slave: Cultural contexts.

ISBN

0312210655
9780312210656
0312108133
9780312108137
0333730747
9780333730744

LCCN

98087521

OCLC

ocm42712738
42712738

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Columbia University Libraries