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Aurora Leigh
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Manufacturer: Ohio University Press
Author: Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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Aurora Leigh Description
Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 821.8
EAN: 9780821409565
ISBN: 0821409565
Label: Ohio University Press
Manufacturer: Ohio University Press
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 706
Publication Date: 1992-07-01
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Studio: Ohio University Press
Dewey Decimal Number: 821.8
EAN: 9780821409565
ISBN: 0821409565
Label: Ohio University Press
Manufacturer: Ohio University Press
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 706
Publication Date: 1992-07-01
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Studio: Ohio University Press
Editorial Review of Aurora Leigh
Aurora Leigh, now available in the first critically edited and fully annotated edition for almost a century, is the foremost example of the mid-nineteenth century poem of contemporary life. It is an amazing verse novel which provides a panoramic view of the early Victorian age in London. The dominant presence in the work however, is the narrator Aurora Leigh, as she develops her ideas on art, love, God, the "Woman Question", and society.
Customer Reviews of Aurora Leigh
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: As If Jane Eyre Were Written by Shakespeare
Review: Having been brought up on the notion that Elizabeth Barrett Browning was the slighter and less-talented adjunct poet of her husband Robert, I was pleased to find I was wrong.
She's terrific.
This is a brilliant work, full of dazzling poetry and insights.
It's loaded with allusions and references (I read the Penguin edition; and the notes there run for many, many pages--and these barely skim the surface), but it is remarkably accessible and fun.
This is a work full of wisdom and unusual perspectives. Luminous and grand and down-to-earth all at once. Imagine Jane Eyre written by Shakespeare.
It's an education in Victorian (upper-middle-class) England, and also the Victorian English infatuation with Italy. It's also a biting and incisive feminist portrait, full of rebellion and self-discovery.
I strongly recommend it to anyone who likes poetry, or Victorian novels.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: An amazing achievement
Review: E.B.B. set out to outstrip Milton and does so in an amazingly original way. Aurora Leigh is a novel in blank verse that is actually longer than Paradise Lost! She combines the genre expectations for a woman writer--the novel--with an audacious bid for poetic immortality. The book tells a good story but it also works as a formidable reminder to her contemporary poets that the novel is taking over and poets must make sure that they are writing in the spirit of the age.
Review Summary: As If Jane Eyre Were Written by Shakespeare
Review: Having been brought up on the notion that Elizabeth Barrett Browning was the slighter and less-talented adjunct poet of her husband Robert, I was pleased to find I was wrong.
She's terrific.
This is a brilliant work, full of dazzling poetry and insights.
It's loaded with allusions and references (I read the Penguin edition; and the notes there run for many, many pages--and these barely skim the surface), but it is remarkably accessible and fun.
This is a work full of wisdom and unusual perspectives. Luminous and grand and down-to-earth all at once. Imagine Jane Eyre written by Shakespeare.
It's an education in Victorian (upper-middle-class) England, and also the Victorian English infatuation with Italy. It's also a biting and incisive feminist portrait, full of rebellion and self-discovery.
I strongly recommend it to anyone who likes poetry, or Victorian novels.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: An amazing achievement
Review: E.B.B. set out to outstrip Milton and does so in an amazingly original way. Aurora Leigh is a novel in blank verse that is actually longer than Paradise Lost! She combines the genre expectations for a woman writer--the novel--with an audacious bid for poetic immortality. The book tells a good story but it also works as a formidable reminder to her contemporary poets that the novel is taking over and poets must make sure that they are writing in the spirit of the age.