Awardee: Aleksondra Hultquist, who is editing Volume 6 of The Cambridge Edition of the Writings of Aphra Behn on Behn’s Love-Letters between a Nobleman and his Sister.
Aleksondra Hultquist has undertaken a Cambridge Edition of an especially challenging text, Aphra Behn’s Love-Letters between a Nobleman and his Sister. A multi-volume novel rooted in historical figures and sexual scandal, Love-Letters entails annotation of complex political, literary, legal, and cultural contexts in an exhaustive manner that opens portals for other researchers; a substantial, authoritative introduction; and textual corrections and amendments. The Prize will support in-person collaboration with her co-editor, Elaine Hobby, facilitating more rapid progress on this multi-year project. The result—a richly annotated edition of a novel by a woman writer central to our field, highlighting the deeply gendered experiences of women characters—befits the Women’s Caucus’s mission and is very worthy of its support.
Committee 2025-2026
Kathleen Lubey
Juliette Paul
Heather Heckman-McKenna