Aphra Behn's 'Emperor of the Moon' and its French Source 'Arlequin, Empereur dans la lune' Paperback / softback
Edited by Judy A Hayden, Daniel J Worden
Part of the Mhra Critical Texts series
Paperback / softback
Description
Aphra Behn’s spectacular farce, Emperor of the Moon (1687), so engaged audiences that it was restaged well into the eighteenth century. Her play was largely adapted from Anne Mauduit de Fatouville’s Arlequin, Empereur dans la lune (1684), a commedia dell’arte production by the Comédie-Italienne troupe, a performance which also proved immensely popular with Parisian audiences. Within its witty and amusing three acts, Behn’s play explores a number of contemporary concerns — from commedia dell’arte, to gender and politics, to science and astronomy, including a plurality of worlds, for example — all culminating in the third act’s operatic spectacle. This volume offers a transcription of Behn’s 1687 play with extensive annotations, a critical discussion of Behn’s text, and the first English translation of Fatouville’s eight French and Italian scenes.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:176 pages
- Publisher:Modern Humanities Research Association
- Publication Date:31/05/2019
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- ISBN:9781781888858
Information
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:176 pages
- Publisher:Modern Humanities Research Association
- Publication Date:31/05/2019
- Category:
- ISBN:9781781888858
