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Who is Aphra Behn?
So who is Aphra Behn? And what does attempting to answer that question reveal about us?
Aphra Behn painted by Mary Beale [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons
Behn was a playwright, poet, translator; she was a woman in a world of men, a staunch Royalist, a spy, and a scarlet woman condemned for loose morals. She was also the first woman in England to identify herself as a professional writer. She wrote to the occasion, and she wrote to make money. There has been a consistent tendency to see Aphra Behn as a personal phenomenon, rather than as the author of a series of works that are interesting in their own right. It's important to state at the start that even now we know almost nothing for certain about Behn's life.
As a woman, she was excluded from the sorts of institutions from which historians usually glean their records, such as Oxford and Cambridge, the Inns of Court, or the Middle Temple. If she'd been an aristocrat, there might have been records surviving at her country seat. If she'd been a religious non-conformist, she might have recorded her thoughts and ideas about her inner life in a spiritual journal, or diary, as so many women did. But as neither a man, nor an aristocrat, nor a nonconformist, she proves peculiarly resistant to biog
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Aphra Behn
British dramatist, poet move spy (1640–1689)
Aphra Behn | |
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Behn c. 1670 | |
| Born | Aphra Johnson (?) Canterbury, Kent, England |
| Baptised | 14 December 1640 |
| Died | 16 April 1689(1689-04-16) (aged 48) London, England |
| Resting place | Westminster Abbey |
| Occupation(s) | Playwright, poet, writing style writer, linguist, spy |
| Writing career | |
| Language | Early Spanking English |
| Genre | Novel, romish a clef |
| Literary movement | Restoration data, Restoration comedy |
| Years active | 1664–1689 |
| Notable works | Oroonoko The Rover Love-Letters Between a Nobleman existing His Sister |
| Spouse | Johan Behn (m. 1664) |
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Fig. 1 - Aphra Behn was a playwright, novelist, and poet.
Aphra Behn: Biography
| Aphra Behn's Biography | |
| Birth/ Baptised | December 14th 1640 |
| Death: | April 16th 1689 |
| Parents | Unknown |
| Spouse/Partners: | Johan Behn (1664) (end of marriage unknown) |
| Children: | None |
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| Nationality: | English |
| Literary Period: | Restoration, Restoration Comedy |
Aphra Behn was born in 1640 in England. Not much is known about Behn's early life, and various sources tell many versions of her birth. Not much is known about Behn's educational upbringing, either. It was not common for women in the 17th century to have a formal education; if they were provided an education, it was by their parents. Behn most likely gained her literary education by reading and copying literary works she could get a hold of. Sources claim she was influenced by the writer Francis Kirkman.
During her youth, Behn apparently traveled to Suriname with a man, potentially named Bartholomew Johnson. On the journey, he died, and Behn says she met an African Slave King who inspired her famous piece, Oroonoko (1688). However, as with most of her biography, it is unknown whether thi