Aphra Behn by Mary Beale, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Dates: ca.1640-1689
Nationality: British/English
Literary Periods:
Neoclassical Period, 1660-1785
Restoration Period, 1660-1700
Janet Todd is a major Aphra Behn scholar and the Herbert JC Grierson Professor of English Literature at the University of Aberdeen. Explore some of her work below.
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The Works of Aphra Behn edited by Janet Todd (1992)
This seven volume work is available in Miller Library PR3317 .A6 1992
"The Bodleian Library at Oxford has a manuscript copy of Behn's play, The Younger Brother. The Public Record Office in London has letters and documents regarding Behn's assignment as a spy for King Charles II in Antwerp. There are no other known papers or manuscripts surviving." -DLB