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Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Aurora Leigh : a reading guide / Michele C. Martinez.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Martinez, Michele C.
- Series:
- Reading guides to long poems.
- Reading guides to long poems
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861. Aurora Leigh.
- Browning, Elizabeth Barrett.
- English poetry--19th century--History and criticism.
- English poetry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (193 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Introduces new readers and students to a celebrated and controversial Victorian novel-poemMichele Martinez guides readers through the poem's major themes and literary and socio-cultural 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 fir
- Contents:
- COVER; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Series Editors' Preface; Chapter 1 Mapping and Making the Long Poem: Aurora Leigh in its Biographical andLiterary 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-7486-3972-1
- 0-7486-5441-0
- OCLC:
- 795695208
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