‘[H]ow much of the French is in this’: Aphra Behn’s use of humour in Sir Patient Fancy (1678)
Abstract: In Sir Patient Fancy, Behn asserts that her comedy is based only on Molière’s Le Malade imaginaire (1675): “Others […] cryed it was made out of at least four French Plays, when I had but a very bare hint from one, the Malad Imagenere” (5). This statement constitutes a reaction to the claim...
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Universidad de Almeria
2017-03-01
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| Series: | Odisea |
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| Online Access: | http://ojs.ual.es/ojs/index.php/ODISEA/article/view/263 |