Elizabeth Barrett Browning's 'Aurora Leigh' : : A Reading Guide / / Michele Martinez.
Introduces new readers and students to a celebrated and controversial Victorian novel-poem Michele 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...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©2012 |
Year of Publication: | 2022 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Reading Guides to Long Poems : RGLP
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (192 p.) :; 2 B/W illustrations |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Series Editors’ Preface -- Chapter 1 Mapping and Making the Long Poem: Aurora Leigh in its Biographical and Literary Contexts -- Chapter 2 Interpreting Aurora Leigh: Text, Commentary, Analysis -- Chapter 3 Contexts for Reading Aurora Leigh -- Chapter 4 Teaching Aurora Leigh -- Chapter 5 Print and Internet Resources -- Index |
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Summary: | Introduces new readers and students to a celebrated and controversial Victorian novel-poem Michele 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. Key Features Ideal guide for readers coming to the text for the first time, or teaching the text at university levelFully contextualised and annotated sections of the poemDetailed exploration of key themes: poetic vision; love and poetry; epistolary fiction; epic and society; motherhood and sexual transgression; poetry and prophecyInnovative teaching suggestionsAdvice and guidance for further reading |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780748654413 9783110780468 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9780748654413 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Michele Martinez. |