ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Aphra Behn, (born 1640?, Harbledown?, Kent, England-died April 16, 1689, London), English dramatist, fiction writer, and poet who was the first Englishwoman known to earn her living by writing. Her origin remains a mystery, in part because Behn may have deliberately obscured her early life.

Detailed explanation-2: -On Aphra Behn, Playwright and Punk-Poetess of the 17th Century. Aphra Behn was the first English woman to earn her living solely by her pen. The most prolific dramatist of her time, she was also an innovative writer of fiction and a translator of science and French romance.

Detailed explanation-3: -Aphra Behn, one of the most influential dramatists of the late 17th century, was also a celebrated poet and novelist. Her contemporary reputation was founded primarily on her “scandalous” plays, which she claimed would not have been criticized for impropriety had a man written them.

Detailed explanation-4: -It was a woman. Not Sappho, who came 1, 000 years later, but a high priestess and poet named Enheduanna of Mesopotamia. She was not only the world’s first author, but she wrote in the first person about goddesses, priestesses, worshippers, mothers, workers, and rulers.