Elizabeth Barrett Browning's 'Aurora Leigh': A Reading Guide

by Michele C Martinez

Overview

Introduces new readers and students to a celebrated and controversial Victorian novel-poemMichele C. Martinez guides readers through the poem's major themes and literary and social contexts, introducing a range of interpretive frameworks. Long extracts from the poem are accompanied by helpful explanatory commentary. The text's composition history, major influences and modes of poetic expression are also discussed. The teaching and bibliographic chapters offer supplementary materials including print and internet resources.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780748639724
Publisher:	Edinburgh University Press
Publication date:	04/12/2012
Series:	Reading Guides to Long Poems
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Michele Martinez is Preceptor, Harvard College Writing Program at the Harvard University.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations; Chapter 1. Mapping and Making the Long Poem: Aurora Leigh in Its Biographical and Literary Contexts; Chapter 2. Interpreting Aurora Leigh: Text, Commentary, Analysis; i. Poetic Vision; ii. Love and Poetry; iii. Epistolary Fiction; iv. Epic and Society; v. Motherhood and Sexual Transgression; vi. Poetry and Prophecy; Chapter 3. Contexts for Reading Aurora Leigh; Chapter 4. Teaching Aurora Leigh; Chapter 5. Print and Internet Resources; Appendix: Aurora Leigh at a Glance