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Behn, Aphra
(Encyclopedia)Behn, Aphra f´r bn, bn [key], 1640–89, first professional female English author. Little is known of her early life, but there is evidence that c.1658 she married a London merchant of Dutch ...Southerne, Thomas
(Encyclopedia)Southerne, Thomas s´rn [key], 1660–1746, English dramatist, b. Ireland. Educated at Trinity College, Dublin, he moved to London where he pursued a career as a writer. He was a friend of Dryd...Killigrew, Thomas
(Encyclopedia)Killigrew, Thomas kl´groo [key], 1612–83, English dramatist and theater manager, b. London. Before the closing of the theaters by the Puritans in 1642, he wrote several tragicomedies, inclu...little magazine
(Encyclopedia)little magazine, term used to designate certain magazines that have as their purpose the publication of art, literature, or social theory by comparatively little-known writers. Distinguishing Features...Browse by Subject
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