Aurora Leigh Authoritative Text Backgrounds and Contexts Criticism - Norton Critical Editions Author:Elizabeth Barrett Browning Aurora Leigh, now available in the first critically edited and fully annotated edition for almost a century, is the foremost example of the mid-nineteeth century poem of contemporary life. It is an amazing verse novel which provides a panoramic view of the early Victorian age in London. The dominant presence in the work however, is the narrato... more »r Aurora Leigh, as she develops her ideas on art, love, God, the "Woman Question", and society.« less