ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

AGES ERA PERIOD

VICTORIAN AGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who is the author of Aurora Leigh?
A
Tennyson
B
Elizabeth Barret Browning
C
D. G. Rossetti
D
Christina Rossetti
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Aurora Leigh, novel in blank verse by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, published in 1857.

Detailed explanation-2: -Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) completed this controversial nine-book novel in blank verse form in 1856.

Detailed explanation-3: -Aurora Leigh (1856) is an epic poem/novel by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. The poem is written in blank verse and encompasses nine books (the woman’s number, the number of the Sibylline Books).

Detailed explanation-4: -Aurora Leigh, novel in blank verse by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, published in 1857. The first-person narrative, which comprises some 11, 000 lines, tells of the heroine’s childhood and youth in Italy and England, her self-education in her father’s hidden library, and her successful pursuit of a literary career.

Detailed explanation-5: -Widely regarded as Barrett Browning’s major work, Aurora Leigh is important both for its address to contemporary social issues, the “woman question” in particular, and for its bold experimentation with poetic form.

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