Aurora Leigh
English 412
The main idea which I wish to explore with my research paper is the female role/motherhood in the Victorian period. The primary text from our class that I will most likely be using is Aurora Leigh by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. The idea of the paper is to expand on the idea of how motherly figures within the work present different iterations of the role of a female during the period. The secondary sources I will be using for the assignment will, first off, outline the accepted role of a female during the period. The sources will also cover other topics such as a motherhood based argument on Aurora Leigh itself by expanding on each of the motherly figures throughout the piece. Also, the texts will provide me with focusing
the argument I am presenting to the reader. The paper will conclude with an overarching idea of how Aurora Leigh meets period expectations and how it bends/breaks the expectations.
Works Cited
"Historical Analysis: Women as the "the Sex" During TheVictorian Era."Historical Analysis: Women as the "the Sex" During TheVictorian Era. N.p., n.d. Web.
"Motherhood in Victorian England."Dont Know Dickens. N.p., n.d. Web.
"The Victorian Era (1832-1901)." The Victorian Era (1832-1901). N.p., n.d. Web.
Abrams, Lynn. “Ideals of Womanhood in Victorian Britain: The Wife and Mother.” BBC History. January 2001. Web.
Appell, Felicia. "Victorian Ideals." Victorian Ideals. N.p., n.d. Web.
Ely, Alfred B. “A Memento of the Last Sickness and Death of Mrs. Lucy C. Ely.” University Libraries – USC. EEBO, n.d. Web.
Furtado, Rebecca. "Motherhood in the Victorian Household." HubPages, n.d. Web
Petrie, Charles. “Victorian Women Expected to Be Idle and Ignorant.”Victorian England. Ed. Clarice Swisher. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, Inc., 2000. 178-87
Sullivan, Stephanie. "Victorian Maternity."Victorian Maternity. N.p., n.d. Web.
Thompson, Nicola D. Reviewing Sex: Gender and the Reception of Victorian Novels.New York : UP, 1996. Print.
The main idea which I wish to explore with my research paper is the female role/motherhood in the Victorian period. The primary text from our class that I will most likely be using is Aurora Leigh by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. The idea of the paper is to expand on the idea of how motherly figures within the work present different iterations of the role of a female during the period. The secondary sources I will be using for the assignment will, first off, outline the accepted role of a female during the period. The sources will also cover other topics such as a motherhood based argument on Aurora Leigh itself by expanding on each of the motherly figures throughout the piece. Also, the texts will provide me with focusing
the argument I am presenting to the reader. The paper will conclude with an overarching idea of how Aurora Leigh meets period expectations and how it bends/breaks the expectations.
Works Cited
"Historical Analysis: Women as the "the Sex" During TheVictorian Era."Historical Analysis: Women as the "the Sex" During TheVictorian Era. N.p., n.d. Web.
"Motherhood in Victorian England."Dont Know Dickens. N.p., n.d. Web.
"The Victorian Era (1832-1901)." The Victorian Era (1832-1901). N.p., n.d. Web.
Abrams, Lynn. “Ideals of Womanhood in Victorian Britain: The Wife and Mother.” BBC History. January 2001. Web.
Appell, Felicia. "Victorian Ideals." Victorian Ideals. N.p., n.d. Web.
Ely, Alfred B. “A Memento of the Last Sickness and Death of Mrs. Lucy C. Ely.” University Libraries – USC. EEBO, n.d. Web.
Furtado, Rebecca. "Motherhood in the Victorian Household." HubPages, n.d. Web
Petrie, Charles. “Victorian Women Expected to Be Idle and Ignorant.”Victorian England. Ed. Clarice Swisher. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, Inc., 2000. 178-87
Sullivan, Stephanie. "Victorian Maternity."Victorian Maternity. N.p., n.d. Web.
Thompson, Nicola D. Reviewing Sex: Gender and the Reception of Victorian Novels.New York : UP, 1996. Print.