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Aphra Behn (Canterbury, 10 luglio 1640 – 16 aprile 1689) è stata una scrittrice, poetessa e drammaturga britannica. Fu la prima donna della letteratura inglese a guadagnarsi da vivere come scrittrice, producendo opere in versi e in prosa e componendo opere teatrali [1] , che ricevettero accuse di oscenità a causa del loro contenuto ...
Aphra Behn (/ ˈ æ f r ə b ɛ n /; bapt. 14 December 1640 [1] [2] – 16 April 1689) was an English playwright, poet, prose writer and translator from the Restoration era . As one of the first English women to earn her living by her writing, she broke cultural barriers and served as a literary role model for later generations of ...
12 apr 2024 · Aphra Behn (born 1640?, Harbledown?, Kent, England—died April 16, 1689, London) was an English dramatist, fiction writer, and poet who was the first Englishwoman known to earn her living by writing. Her origin remains a mystery, in part because Behn may have deliberately obscured her early life.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
16 apr 2024 · Storia della letteratura. Chi era Aphra Behn, la prima donna scrittrice d’Inghilterra. Il nome di Aphra Behn fa un'apparizione fugace - ma indelebile - in “Una stanza tutta per sé” di...
- Alice Figini
Aphra Behn, one of the most influential dramatists of the late 17th century, was also a celebrated poet and novelist. Her contemporary reputation was founded primarily on her "scandalous" plays, which she claimed would not have been criticized for impropriety had a man written them.
Tra le più brillanti personalità dell’Inghilterra del Seicento, Aphra Behn fu spia internazionale, viaggiatrice, libertina, scrittrice protofemminista, autrice di commedie, poesie e romanzi.
19 giu 2012 · The first full-length biography of Behn to appear came in 1948, written by George Woodcock. It was entitled The Incomparable Aphra. Once again, it is what Behn represents as a figure, rather than the artistry of her writings, that provides the basis of her biographer's claims. Woodcock was an anarchist.
