Aurora Leigh: Authoritative Text, Backgrounds and Contexts, Criticism (Norton Critical Editions)
by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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Author: Elizabeth Barrett BrowningEditor: Margaret Reynolds
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1995-12
ISBN: 0393962989
Number of pages: 565
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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Summary: 5 Stars
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.
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