Who is Aphra Behn
Aphra Behn (; bapt. 14 December 1640 – 16 April 1689) was an English playwright, poet, prose writer and translator from the Restoration era. As one of the first English women to earn her living by her writing, she broke cultural barriers and served as a literary role model for later generations of women authors. Rising from obscurity, she came to the notice of Charles II, who employed her as a spy in Antwerp. Upon her return to London and a probable brief stay in debtors' prison, she began writing for the stage. She belonged to a coterie of poets and famous libertines such as John Wilmot, Lord Rochester. Behn wrote under the pastoral pseudonym Astrea. During the turbulent political times of the Exclusion Crisis, she wrote an epilogue and prologue that brought her into legal trouble; she...Read Full Biography of Aphra Behn
Aphra Behn Poems
- Song (love)
Oh love! that stronger art than Wine,
Pleasing Delusion, Witchery divine,
Wont to be priz'd above all Wealth,
Disease that has more Joys than Health; ... - On The Death Of The Late Earl Of Rochester
Mourn, Mourn, ye Muses, all your loss deplore,
The Young, the Noble Strephon is no more.
Yes, yes, he fled quick as departing Light,
And ne're shall rise from Deaths eternal Night, ... - The Disappointment
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One Day the Amarous Lisander,
By an impatient Passion sway'd, ... - Epitaph On The Tombstone Of A Child
This Little, Silent, Gloomy Monument,
Contains all that was sweet and innocent ;
The softest pratler that e'er found a Tongue,
His Voice was Musick and his Words a Song ; ... - On The Death Of E. Waller, Esq.
How, to thy Sacred Memory, shall I bring
(Worthy thy Fame) a grateful Offering?
I, who by Toils of Sickness, am become
Almost as near as thou art to a Tomb? ...
Top 10 most used topics by Aphra Behn
Love 11 I Love You 11 Heart 8 God 7 Alone 7 World 7 Desire 7 Fire 7 Power 6 Pride 6Aphra Behn Quotes
- Oh, what a dear ravishing thing is the beginning of an Amour
- Oh, what a dear ravishing thing is the beginning of an Amour!
- Variety is the soul of pleasure.
Comments about Aphra Behn
Nasimmahmood28: money speaks sense in a language all nations understand. aphra behnAphraconference: deadline april 1st to propose a paper for 2024’s aphra behn & her restoration’ - the 8th international conference hosted by the aphra behn (europe) society; this conference is a special one - taking place in behn’s home city of canterbury. cfp & details:
Welovewalktours: just spied this guided walk: aphra behn was a (very early) british female author. so this looks like a particularly interesting theme tying in with the playwright marlowe, as i think i'm right in saying they were both also spies.
Katsukinnie: i have decided i really like aphra behn and the way no one knows shit about her actual life
Spiesvespers: it’s time for strange spy facts! poets and poetry edition! former spy aphra behn was a poet and playwright during the restoration period, and the first woman in england to earn a living as a writer.
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