Tag Archives: Seventeenth Century

The Familiars – Stacey Halls (2019)

(SPOILER WARNING FOR: THE FAMILIARS) . There’s something deeply, poigniantly special about The Familiars. It succeeds at being dark, harrowing, heartwarming and beautiful all at the same time, and it does so with such a gentle grace that proves both the intelligence, and the artistic talent of the author. Set in 1612 Lancashire, Stacey Halls’Continue reading “The Familiars – Stacey Halls (2019)”

Aphra Behn (1640 – 1689)

Aphra Behn was not only one of the most influential dramatic writers of the 17th Century, but the first Englishwoman to make a living out of her writing. A poet, a translator, a playwright and a novelist, Behn’s work was heavily criticised for its supposed scandalous nature, to an extent which that of no male writerContinue reading “Aphra Behn (1640 – 1689)”