Reading and Rendering in Bronze: Commemorating Aphra Behn in a Contested Monumental Landscape.

The article focuses on how contemporary efforts to commemorate Aphra Behn through public monuments intersect with debates about historical memory, feminism, and contested civic spaces. Topics include the role of archival research in recovering women's histories, controversies surrounding statues and...

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Publicado en:Philological Quarterly Vol. 104; no. 1/2; pp. 163 - 180
Autor principal: CORNELL, CHARLOTTE
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Department of English, University of Iowa Winter/Spring2025
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Sumario:The article focuses on how contemporary efforts to commemorate Aphra Behn through public monuments intersect with debates about historical memory, feminism, and contested civic spaces. Topics include the role of archival research in recovering women's histories, controversies surrounding statues and public commemoration, and comparisons with monument projects honoring figures such as Mary Wollstonecraft and the women's rights pioneers memorialized in New York's Central Park.