{"product_id":"oroonoko-by-aphra-behn-9780393970142","title":"Oroonoko","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe editor supplies explanatory annotations and textual notes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHistorical Backgrounds\u003c\/em\u003e is an especially rich collection of seventeenth-and eighteenth-century documents about colonisers and slaves in the new world. Topically arranged—\"Montaigne on America,\" \"The Settling of Surinam,\" \"Observers of Slavery, 1654–1712,\" \"After \u003cem\u003eOroonoko\u003c\/em\u003e: Noble Africans in Europe,\" and \"Opinions on Slavery\"—these selections create a revealing context for Behn's unusual story. Illustrations and maps are also included.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCriticism\u003c\/em\u003e begins with an overview of responses to Behn and \u003cem\u003eOroonoko\u003c\/em\u003e, from learned and popular writers of her time to Sir Walter Scott and Virginia Woolf, among others. Current critical interpretations are provided by William C. Spengemann, Jane Spencer, Robert L. Chibka, Laura Brown, Charlotte Sussman, and Mary Beth Rose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA Chronology of Behn's life and a Selected Bibliography are included.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46853281710316,"sku":"9780393970142","price":31.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/6782303482328.jpg?v=1759195014","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/oroonoko-by-aphra-behn-9780393970142","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}