Actually, the Brithish female playwright Aphra Behn wrote a play about Virginia before that-The Widow Ranter (1689 - epilogue by John Dryden)- it was quite supportive of the Virginia colonists-Barrett ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jurretta Heckscher" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 12:58 PM Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] Novels and Movies set in Virginia > Fascinating! I hadn't realized that. > > Provisionally, Defoe's novel should definitely get the prize for > earliest work of fiction set in Virginia--and one of the prizes for > most distinguished author. > > Best-- > > --Jurretta > > > On Jul 17, 2006, at 12:33 PM, Jon Kukla wrote: > >> Daniel Defoe's The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders >> (London, 1722) -- His heroine ends up on a Virginia plantation. >> >> >> >> >> Dr. Jon Kukla, Executive Vice-President >> Red Hill - The Patrick Henry National Memorial >> 1250 Red Hill Road >> Brookneal, Virginia 24528 >> www.redhill.org >> Phone 434-376-2044 or 800-514-7463 >> >> Fax 434-376-2647 >> >> - M. Lynn Davis, Office Manager >> - Karen Gorham, Associate Curator >> - Edith Poindexter, Curator >> > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html