Oroonoko, or, The royal slave
By: Aphra Behn ; edited by Catherine Gallagher with Simon Stern.
Contributors: Gallagher, Catherine.; Stern, Simon.
Series: Bedford cultural editions
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 473
Subjects: Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689.; Slave trade -- History -- Sources.; Slave trade in literature.; Slave trade -- Fiction.; Princes -- Fiction.; Slaves -- Fiction.; Caribbean Area -- Fiction.; Suriname -- Fiction.; Africa -- Fiction.
Genres: Sources.
Other titles: Oroonoko; Royal slave
Description: "Aphra Behn's Oroonoko, the story of an African prince's enslavement by British colonists and his journey from West Africa to the Caribbean, is the first literary work in English to portray the global interactions of that interlocking structure that came to be known as "the triangular trade." This edition features a generous selection of thematically organized historical materials that illuminate the three corners of the Atlantic triangle: West Africa, the Caribbean, and Europe. Excerpts from contemporary literary works by Ben Jonson, John Dryden, Richard Steele, and Daniel Defoe enrich our understanding of the literary contexts for Behn's portrayal of "blackness" in Oroonoko, and selections from later dramatizations of Oroonoko demonstrate the evolution of British attitudes toward racial difference in the century following the publication of Behn's work."--Jacket.

"Aphra Behn's Oroonoko, the story of an African prince's enslavement by British colonists and his journey from West Africa to the Caribbean, is the first literary work in English to portray the global interactions of that interlocking structure that came to be known as "the triangular trade." This edition features a generous selection of thematically organized historical materials that illuminate the three corners of the Atlantic triangle: West Africa, the Caribbean, and Europe.

Excerpts from contemporary literary works by Ben Jonson, John Dryden, Richard Steele, and Daniel Defoe enrich our understanding of the literary contexts for Behn's portrayal of "blackness" in Oroonoko, and selections from later dramatizations of Oroonoko demonstrate the evolution of British attitudes toward racial difference in the century following the publication of Behn's work."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 464-472).
Includes works or excerpts from works contemporary with the main text.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Oroonoko, or, The royal slave: the complete text; title: pt. 2. Oroonoko, or, The royal slave: cultural contexts.