Masculinity, Misogyny, and Desire in Aphra Behn’s <i>Lycidus, or the Lover in Fashion</i> and Robert Gould’s <i>Love Given O’re</i>

This essay focuses on one of Aphra Behn's most neglected works, Lycidus, or the Lover in Fashion (1688).In this prosimetric, allegoric, satiric, epistolary, firstperson travel narrative Behn translated -and reimagined -Paul Tallemant's two-part fiction Le Voyage de l'Isle d'Amour (1663) and Le Second Voyage de l'Isle d'Amour (1664).

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Women s Writing
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2025-04-03
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https://doi.org/10.1080/09699082.2025.2483033
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Cinema and Media Studies
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Masculinity, Misogyny, and Desire in Aphra Behn’s Lycidus, or the Lover in Fashion and Robert Gould’s Love Given O’re

Jennifer Batt
Women s Writing
Cinema and Media Studies
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Masculinity, Misogyny, and Desire in Aphra Behn’s Lycidus, or the Lover in Fashion and Robert Gould’s Love Given O’re

Jennifer Batt
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This essay focuses on one of Aphra Behn's most neglected works, Lycidus, or the Lover in Fashion (1688).In this prosimetric, allegoric, satiric, epistolary, firstperson travel narrative Behn translated -and reimagined -Paul Tallemant's two-part fiction Le Voyage de l'Isle d'Amour (1663) and Le Second Voyage de l'Isle d'Amour (1664).

Women s WritingVol. 32(2)
University of Bristol (GB)
Gender equality
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Cinema and Media Studies
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Masculinity, Misogyny, and Desire in Aphra Behn’s <i>Lycidus, or the Lover in Fashion</i> and Robert Gould’s <i>Love Given O’re</i> — Jennifer Batt · Women s Writing (2025) | TGRS Research Map | TGRS