When Prince Oroonoko s passion for the virtuous Imoinda arouses the jealousy of his grandfather, the lovers are cast into slavery and transported from Africa to the colony of Surinam. Oroonoko s noble bearing soon wins the respect of his English captors, but his struggle for freedom brings about his destruction. Inspired by Aphra Behn s visit to Surinam, Oroonoko (1688) reflects the author s romantic view of Native Americans as simple, superior peoples in the first state of innocence, before men knew how to sin . The novel also reveals Behn s ambiguous attitude to African slavery while she favoured it as a means to strengthen England s power, her powerful and moving work conveys its injustice and brutality.
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语言 英语 ● 格式 EPUB ● ISBN 9780141958873 ● 出版者 Penguin Books Ltd ● 发布时间 2003 ● 下载 6 时 ● 货币 EUR ● ID 2271126 ● 复制保护 Adobe DRM
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