Aurora Leigh (Summarized Edition) (eBook)

Enriched edition. A Victorian verse kunstlerroman of a woman poet, from England to Italy: blank-verse epic on love, urban poverty, social reform, and women's rights.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Autor)

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2026
137 Seiten
Quickie Classics (Verlag)
859-654787760-8 (EAN)

Infos

Aurora Leigh (1856) is Elizabeth Barrett Browning's novel-in-verse, a nine-book Künstlerroman tracing a woman poet from Anglo-Italian childhood to artistic authority. In supple blank verse, it fuses epic ambition with the Victorian social problem novel: debates with Romney Leigh intersect the ordeal of Marian Erle, exposing poverty, sexual coercion, and the limits of philanthropy. Allusive to Milton and Dante yet alert to journalism and the city, the poem makes modern life the true field of epic. Browning—erudite, politically engaged, and writing from Casa Guidi in Florence after her elopement with Robert Browning—conceived the work as a "poem of the age." Her abolitionism, concern for labor and women's rights, experience of exile and illness, and admiration from figures like Ruskin shaped its insistence that female authorship and public reform belong together. Recommended to readers of Victorian literature, poetry, and feminist criticism, Aurora Leigh offers a masterclass in how form carries social argument. Its hybrid design suits seminars on epic and the novel, while its portraits of work, love, and responsibility speak urgently to artists and citizens now.

Quickie Classics summarizes timeless works with precision, preserving the author's voice and keeping the prose clear, fast, and readable—distilled, never diluted. Enriched Edition extras: Introduction · Synopsis · Historical Context · Author Biography · Brief Analysis · 4 Reflection Q&As · Editorial Footnotes.

Autor

Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861) was an English poet of the Victorian era, popular in Britain and the United States during her lifetime. Elizabeth's volume Poems (1844) brought her great success, attracting the admiration of the writer Robert Browning. Her work had a major influence on prominent writers of the day, including the American poets Edgar Allan Poe and Emily Dickinson.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.1.2026
• Einführung: Daniel Riley
• Mitarbeit: Kommentare: Daniel Riley; Anpassung von: Daniel Riley
• Verlagsort: Prague
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte
• Schlagworte: England and Italy settings • female kunstlerroman narrative • feminist artist's journey • first person blank verse • London urban poverty • marriage versus vocation • nineteenth century women's rights • social reform and philanthropy • Victorian verse novel • working class seamstress storyline