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Love-Letters Between A Nobleman And His Sister
''Love-Letters Between a Nobleman and His Sister'' is a three-volume roman à clef by Aphra Behn playing with events of the Monmouth Rebellion and exploring the genre of the epistolary novel. The first volume, published in 1684, lays some claim to be the first English novel. Some scholars claim that the attribution to Behn remains in dispute. The novel is "based loosely on an affair between Ford Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville, Ford, Lord Grey of Werke, and his wife's sister, Lady Henrietta Berkeley, a scandal that broke in London in 1682". It was originally published as three separate volumes: ''Love-Letters Between a Noble-Man and his Sister'' (1684), ''Love-Letters from a Noble Man to his Sister: Mixt with the History of Their Adventures. The Second Part by the Same Hand'' (1685), and ''The Amours of Philander and Silvia'' (1687). The copyright holder was Joseph Hindmarsh, later joined by Jacob Tonson. The novel has been of interest for several reasons. First, some argue that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epistolary Novel
An epistolary novel is a novel written as a series of letters. The term is often extended to cover novels that intersperse documents of other kinds with the letters, most commonly diary entries and newspaper clippings, and sometimes considered to include novels composed of documents even if they don't include letters at all. More recently, epistolaries may include electronic documents such as recordings and radio, blog posts, and e-mails. The word ''epistolary'' is derived from Latin from the Greek word ἐπιστολή ''epistolē'', meaning a letter (see epistle). In German, this type of novel is known as a Briefroman. The epistolary form can add greater realism to a story, because it mimics the workings of real life. It is thus able to demonstrate differing points of view without recourse to the device of an omniscient narrator. An important strategic device in the epistolary novel for creating the impression of authenticity of the letters is the fictional editor. Early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Behn Love-Letters 1687
Behn may refer to: People Surname * Aphra Behn (' 1640 – 1689), English dramatist * Ari Behn (1972–2019), Norwegian author and husband to Princess Märtha Louise of Norway * Friedl Behn-Grund (1906–1989), German cinematographer * Hernán Behn (died 1933), Puerto Rican businessman; brother of Sosthenes Behn * Harry Behn (also known as Giles Behn; 1898–1973), U.S. screenwriter and children's author * Jerry Behn (born 1954), U.S. politician * Noel Behn (1928?–1998), U.S. novelist, screenwriter, and theatrical producer * Richard R. Behn (fl. 1978-2007), NOAA rear admiral * Robin Behn (born 1958), U.S. poet and professor * Sarla Behn (born Catherine Mary Heilman; 1901–1982), English Gandhian social activist * Sosthenes Behn (1882–1957), Puerto Rican businessman; brother of Hernan Behn * Wilhelm Friedrich Georg Behn (1808–1878), German anatomist and zoologist Given name * Behn Wilson (born 1958), Canadian ice hockey player Other * Behn River, a river of Western Aus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novels By Aphra Behn
A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itself from the la, novella, a singular noun use of the neuter plural of ''novellus'', diminutive of ''novus'', meaning "new". Some novelists, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Ann Radcliffe, John Cowper Powys, preferred the term "romance" to describe their novels. According to Margaret Doody, the novel has "a continuous and comprehensive history of about two thousand years", with its origins in the Ancient Greek and Roman novel, in Chivalric romance, and in the tradition of the Italian renaissance novella.Margaret Anne Doody''The True Story of the Novel'' New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1996, rept. 1997, p. 1. Retrieved 25 April 2014. The ancient romance form was revived by Romanticism, especially the historica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
