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Shakespeare, Aphra Behn and the Canon, ed. W. R. Owens and Lizbeth Goodman. London: Routledge, 1996. Pp. vi + 346. $18.95 (paper).
This collection of essays is one of four in a series entitled Approaching Literature designed to offer students an introduction to a variety of studies. The essayists in this introductory volume focus upon the concept of the literary "canon" and compare "canonical" Shakespearean texts Henry V, Othello, and As You Like It) with Aphra Behn's "noncanonical" The Rover, which, edited by W. R. Owens, appears at the end.
Shakespeare, Aphra Behn and the Canon assumes no prior acquaintance with either Shakespeare's...