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.
List of Illustrations; Chapter 1. Mapping and Making the Long Poem: Aurora Leigh in Its Biographical and Literary Contexts; Chapter 2. Interpreting Aurora Leigh: Text, Commentary, Analysis; i. Poetic Vision; ii. Love and Poetry; iii. Epistolary Fiction; iv. Epic and Society; v. Motherhood and Sexual Transgression; vi. Poetry and Prophecy; Chapter 3. Contexts for Reading Aurora Leigh; Chapter 4. Teaching Aurora Leigh; Chapter 5. Print and Internet Resources; Appendix: Aurora Leigh at a Glance
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