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Oroonoko

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An edition of Oroonoko (1688)

Oroonoko

an authoritative text, historical backgrounds, criticism

1st ed.

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Presents the original 1688 text of the classic work by Aphra Behnabout the slave trade in the seventeenth century, and includes textual notes, historical backgrounds on settlers, slaves, and slavers, opinions on slavery by John Locke and others, and critical essays.

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W.W. Norton
Language
English
Pages
272

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Subjects

Classic Literature Fiction History Princes Slave trade Slave trade in literature Slavery Slavery in literature Slaves Sources open_syllabus_project Criticism and interpretation British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author) Fiction, historical Slaves, fiction Caribbean area, fiction Africa, fiction Fiction, general Readers Behn, aphra , 1640-1689 Slaves--suriname--fiction Slave trade--history--sources Slaves--fiction Slave trade--fiction Princes--fiction Pr3317 .o7 1997 823/.4 Critique et interprétation Esclavage Histoire Dans la littérature Oroonoko (Behn, Aphra)

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Aphra Behn (1640-1689)

Places

Africa Caribbean Area Suriname

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Oroonoko
2003, Penguin
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Oroonoko: an authoritative text, historical backgrounds, criticism
1997, W.W. Norton
in English - 1st ed.
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Oroonoko or, The Royal Slave
July 1973, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-272).

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New York
Series
A Norton critical edition

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823/.4
Library of Congress
PR3317 .O7 1997, PR3317.O7 1997

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Pagination
xvi, 272 p. :
Number of pages
272

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL1007303M
ISBN 10
0393970140
LCCN
96047186
OCLC/WorldCat
35741952
LibraryThing
50959
Goodreads
767522

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL695564W

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Work Description

Aphra Behn was one of the first professional English female writers and Oroonoko was one of her earliest works. It is the love story between Oroonoko, the grandson of an African king, and the daughter of that king's general. The king takes the girl into his harem, and when she plans to escape with his grandson, sells her as a slave. When Oroonoko tries to follow her he is caught by an English slave trader and taken to the same West Indian island as his love.

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