Sibling Rivalry, (Dis)Inheritance and Politics in Aphra Behn’s <i>The Younger Brother</i> and Susanna Centlivre’s <i>The Artifice</i>
Behn and Centlivre used their comedies about the rivalry between an elder and a younger brother concerning an inheritance to make a political statement. Primogeniture was customary in early-modern England, and if an estate was entailed (rather than held in fee simple), it was difficult, though not i...
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2024-03-01
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