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

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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Autor principal: Martinez, Michele (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]
Colección:Reading Guides to Long Poems : RGLP
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Sumario: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
Descripción Física:1 online resource (192 p.) : 2 B/W illustrations
ISBN:9780748654413
9783110780468
Acceso:restricted access