Browning
Aurora Leigh (Norton Critical Editions)
- ISBN 13:
- 9780393962987
- author:
- Browning
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- W. W. Norton & Company
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 1996
- Pages:
- 565
- Genre:
- English
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 20 working days
Description
Aurora Leigh: Authoritative Text, Backgrounds and Contexts, Criticism by Elizabeth Barrett Browning This comprehensive collection provides in-depth analysis and historical context to Elizabeth Barrett Browning's novel Aurora Leigh. The text includes explanatory annotations and textual notes, accompanied by thirty letters or letter excerpts that trace the novel's inception, evolution, and publication. The book also features seven contemporary documents that place the text historically, covering topics such as the "woman question," prostitution, socialism, and poetic theory. A range of opinion on Aurora Leigh is represented through twenty-five assessments from notable critics, including George Eliot, Virginia Woolf, and Ellen Moers.