Oroonoko, and Other Writings

by Behn, Aphra; Salzman, Paul

• ISBN13: 9780192828927
• ISBN10: 0192828924
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-06-30
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The most complete collection of the work of Aphra Behn (1640-89) available, this volume contains Oroonoko and five other works of fiction ranging from comedy and high melodrama to tragedy. The works included--The Fair Jilt, Memoirs of the Court of the King of Bantam, The History of the Nun, The Adventure of the Black Lady, and The Unfortunate Bride--are complemented by a generous selection of her poetry from public political verse to lyrics and witty conversation poems.

Table of Contents

Introduction
A Note on the Texts
Select Bibliography
A Chronology of Aphra Behn's Life and Works
Oroonoko	p. 3
The Fair Jilt	p. 74
Memoirs of the Court of the King of Bantam	p. 120
The History of the Nun	p. 138
The Adventure of the Black Lady	p. 191
The Unfortunate Bride	p. 198
Song. Love Armed	p. 211
On a Juniper Tree, Cut Down to Make Busks	p. 211
A Ballad on Mr J. H. to Amoret, Asking Why I Was So Sad	p. 214
Song. The Invitation	p. 216
Song. 'When Jemmy first began to love'	p. 217
On the Death of the Late Earl of Rochester	p. 218
To Mrs W. On Her Excellent Verses	p. 221
The Disappointment	p. 223
The Dream. A Song	p. 228
A Letter to a Brother of the Pen in Tribulation	p. 229
Song. On Her Loving Two Equally	p. 231
The Counsel. A Song	p. 232
Song. The Surprise	p. 233
On Mr J. H. in a Fit of Sickness	p. 233
The Cabal at Nickey Nackeys	p. 236
Song. 'Cease, cease, Amynta to complain'	p. 236
On The Death of E. Waller, Esquire	p. 237
To Mr Creech (Under the Name of Daphnis)	p. 239
A Letter to Mr Creech at Oxford, Written in the Last Great Frost	p. 243
To Lysander, Who Made Some Verses on a Discourse of Love's Fire	p. 246
On the First Discovery of Falsehood in Amintas	p. 247
From Of Plants, Book VI	p. 249
From Aesop's Fables (LXXI and LXXXVII)	p. 250
A Pindaric on the Death of Our Late Sovereign	p. 251
On Desire. A Pindaric	p. 256
A Pindaric to Mr P. Who Sings Finely	p. 259
To Alexis in Answer to His Poem Against Fruition	p. 260
To The Fair Clarinda, Who Made Love To Me, Imagined More Than Woman	p. 262
To Lysander, On Some Verses He Writ	p. 262
A Pindaric Poem to the Reverend Doctor Burnet	p. 265
Explanatory Notes	p. 269
Index to Poetry: First Lines and Titles	p. 288
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