With the aim of examining the postcolonial applications of Aphra Behn’s re-entry into the literary canon, editor Susan B. Iwanisziw presents Oroonoko: Adaptations and Offshoots (Ashgate Press, 2006) as a collection representing the nexus of very specific articulations of literary, cultural, and political tropes produced by various writers and adapters from 1695 through 1999. The volume begins with a general introduction and then presents seven 18th-century versions of the play and one poem, ending with ‘Biyi Bandele’s late 20th-century drama.

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