“SUPPLYING THE DEFAULTS OF NATURE BY THE INDUSTRY OF ART”: NATURA, ARS AND EXERCITATIO IN APHRA BEHN’S THE DUMB VIRGIN; OR, THE FORCE OF IMAGINATION
Keywords:
The Dumb Virgin, painting, nature, artAbstract
It investigates the concepts of natura and ars that inform Behn’s The Dumb Virgin. It is highlighted the poet’s artistic conscience, in terms of mimesis and representation, revealing the author’s knowledge of poetical theories, as well as their implementation in the story through a protagonist who, while unable to speak, is a masterful painter, further complemented by the protagonist’s sister, who is deformed but eloquent.
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