Aphra Behn and the royal slave Oroonoko
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4224147 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Herman Wekker (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1982 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 157-165 |
| Publication date | 1982-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1382-2373 • E-ISSN: 2213-4360 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/13822373-90002104 |
| OpenAlex | W2014005731 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
The question of whether the 1 7th-century English novelist and playwright Aphra Behn (1640-1689) ever visited Suriname, and whether her novel Oroonoko: or , The Royal Slave. A True History is based on her own experiences in that country, has exercised the minds of numerous writers. In the course of time both negative and positive answers have been given, and the matter has given rise to heated controversy among literary historians. Although it now seems probable that Aphra Behn spent some time in Suriname and that her novel Oroonoko is not pure fiction, there are still many questions to be answered concerning this remarkable woman. Unfortunately, the two recent biographies under review leave many of them unresolved. The inaugural volume of this journal (then called De WestIndische Gids) included both a full translation of Oroonoko into Dutch and a short biographical article by H.D. Benjamins (1919) which pointed to its importance for the literary history of Suriname: Oroonoko is the oldest romantic story that has Suriname as its setting. In a subsequent volume of the journal, in reaction to two pamphlets written by the American professor Ernest Bern
Aphra · Art · History of literature · Linguistics · Literature · Romance · Caribbean and African Literature and Culture · History · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,03 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 1993 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |