Popular Fiction by Women 1660-1730
Subtitle: An Anthology
Contributors: Paula R. Backscheider (Editor); John J. Richetti (Editor)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: January 30, 1997
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780198711377
First sentence: PROLIFIC poet, playwright, and novelist, Aphra Behn was without question the most famous and successful woman writer of her time, but her origins are obscure and the details of a good deal of her life remain something of a romantic mystery.