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- Title
City-Craft as Poetic Process in Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Aurora Leigh.
- Authors
ERBEZNIK, ELIZABETH
- Abstract
The article presents a critique of the 1856 English verse-novel "Aurora Leigh," by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, focusing on the themes of urban female labor, craftsmanship, and poetics. Topics addressed include Browning's use of a female poet as the protagonist, idealized depictions of urban life, and the metaphorical connections between urban life and 19th-century poetics.
- Subjects
AURORA Leigh (Poem : Browning); BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861; 19TH century English poetry; LITERARY criticism; HISTORY of poetics; CITIES &; towns in literature; HISTORY of women's employment; WORKMANSHIP; NOVELS in verse; NINETEENTH century; VICTORIAN (Literary period)
- Publication
Victorian Poetry, 2014, Vol 52, Issue 4, p619
- ISSN
0042-5206
- Publication type
Poetry Review
- DOI
10.1353/vp.2014.0030