Aurora Leigh

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Aurora Leigh is a book-length verse novel by Elizabeth Barrett Browning that explores a woman poet’s struggle for artistic and personal independence within Victorian society.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Victorian literature work
book-length poem
verse novel
author Elizabeth Barrett Browning
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
explores a woman poet’s struggle for artistic independence
a woman’s struggle for personal independence
conflict between art and duty
firstPublicationDate 1856-11-15
form blank verse
genre fiction
novel in verse
poetry
hasAdaptation radio adaptations
stage adaptations
hasCharacter Aurora Leigh (character)
Aurora's aunt
Lady Waldemar
Marian Erle
Romney Leigh
influenced later feminist literature
language English
literaryMovement women's suffrage movement
surface form: Victorian feminism

social problem literature
literaryPeriod Victorian era
literarySignificance considered one of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's major works
important early feminist text in English literature
mainCharacter Aurora Leigh (character)
meter iambic pentameter
narrativePerspective first-person
numberOfBooks 9
placeOfPublication London, England
surface form: London
protagonistGender female
publicationYear 1856
publisher Chapman and Hall
settingPeriod 19th century
settingPlace England
Italy
theme class and poverty
female education
gender roles in Victorian society
marriage and autonomy
social reform
the vocation of the poet
women's artistic independence

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Elizabeth notableWork Aurora Leigh
subject surface form: Elizabeth Barrett Browning