Altaba-Artal, Dolors, Aphra Behn's English Feminism: Wit and Satire, Susquehanna University Press, 1999.
This is a scholarly analysis of Behn's major works, with a chapter including The Rover. Altaba-Artal finds significant evidence of Spanish influence in Behn's works.
Duffy, Maureen, The Passionate Shepherdess: Aphra Behn 1640-89, Cape, 1977.
This is an early twentieth-century biography of Aphra Behn by a feminist critic and author.
Hughes, Derek, The Theatre of Aphra Behn, Palgrave, 2001.
Hughes presents a chronological study of Behn's plays, putting them into historical context as well as demonstrating her development as a playwright.
Hutner, Heidi, "Revisioning the Female Body: Aphra Behn's
The Rover, Parts I and II," in Rereading Aphra Behn: History, Theory and Criticism, edited by Heidi Hutner, University Press of Virginia, 1993.
This essay is a feminist reading of Behn's two Rover plays.
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