Oroonoko, and Other Writings

by Behn, Aphra; Salzman, Paul

• ISBN13: 9780192834607
• ISBN10: 0192834606
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-11-19
• 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	ix	(16)
A Note on the Texts	xxv	(1)
Select Bibliography	xxvi	(3)
A Chronology of Aphra Behn's Life and Works	xxix
PART ONE: PROSE	1	(208)
Oroonoko	3	(71)
The Fair Jilt	74	(46)
Memoirs of the Court of the King of Bantam	120	(18)
The History of the Nun	138	(53)
The Adventure of the Black Lady	191	(7)
The Unfortunate Bride	198	(11)
PART TWO: POETRY	209	(60)
Song. Love Armed	211	(1)
On a Juniper Tree, Cut Down to Make Busks	211	(3)
A Ballad on Mr. J.H. to Amoret, Asking Why I Was So Sad	214	(2)
Song. The Invitation	216	(1)
Song. 'When Jemmy first began to love'	217	(1)
On the Death of the Late Earl of Rochester	218	(3)
To Mrs W. On Her Excellent Verses	221	(2)
The Disappointment	223	(5)
The Dream. A Song	228	(1)
A Letter to a Brother of the Pen in Tribulation	229	(2)
Song. On Her Loving Two Equally	231	(1)
The Counsel. A Song	232	(1)
Song. The Surprise	233	(1)
On Mr J.H. in a Fit of Sickness	233	(3)
The Cabal at Nickey Nackeys	236	(1)
Song. 'Cease, cease, Amynta to complain'	236	(1)
On The Death of E. Waller, Esquire	237	(2)
To Mr Creech (Under the Name of Daphins)	239	(4)
A Letter to Mr Creech at Oxford, Written in the Last Great Frost	243	(3)
To Lysander, Who Made Some Verses on a Discourse of Love's Fire	246	(1)
On the First Discovery of Falsehood in Amintas	247	(2)
From of Plants, Book VI	249	(1)
From Aesop's Fables (LXXI and LXXXVII)	250	(1)
A Pindaric on the Death of Our Late Sovereign	251	(5)
On Desire. A Pindaric	256	(3)
A Pindaric to Mr P. Who Sings Finely	259	(1)
To Alexis in Answer to His Poem Against Fruition	260	(2)
To The Fair Clarinda, Who Made Love To Me, Imagined More Than Woman	262	(1)
To Lysander, On Some Verses He Writ	262	(3)
A Pindaric Poem to the Reverend Doctor Burnet	265	(4)
Explanatory Notes	269	(19)
Index to Poetry: First Lines and Titles	288