A Drama of Exile

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A Drama of Exile is a dramatic poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning that reimagines the biblical expulsion of Adam and Eve from Eden.

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A Drama of Exile canonical 4
Drama of Exile 1

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instanceOf dramatic poem ⓘ
literary work ⓘ
poem ⓘ
alsoKnownAs A Drama of Exile, and Other Poems ⓘ
author Elizabeth Barrett Browning ⓘ
basedOn Book of Genesis ⓘ
centralCharacters Adam ⓘ
Eve ⓘ
Lucifer ⓘ
angels ⓘ
containsCharacter Adam ⓘ
Christ (as a visionary presence) ⓘ
linked to: cosmic Christ

Eve ⓘ
Gabriel ⓘ
Lucifer ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
firstPublishedIn 1844 ⓘ
form closet drama ⓘ
verse drama ⓘ
genre Victorian poetry ⓘ
biblical drama ⓘ
religious drama ⓘ
hasAuthorGender female ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn interpretations of Eve in 19th-century literature ⓘ
later Victorian religious poetry ⓘ
hasTitle A Drama of Exile ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Romanticism-influenced Victorian poetry ⓘ
literaryPeriod Victorian era ⓘ
meter blank verse ⓘ
notableFor emphasis on Eve’s spiritual role ⓘ
philosophical and theological dialogue ⓘ
reimagining the biblical expulsion of Adam and Eve ⓘ
originalPublicationYear 1844 ⓘ
partOfAuthorCareerPhase early major success of Elizabeth Barrett Browning ⓘ
publishedInCollection Poems (1844) ⓘ
religiousContext Christianity ⓘ
setting immediate aftermath of the Fall ⓘ
outside the Garden of Eden ⓘ
subject Adam and Eve ⓘ
expulsion from Eden ⓘ
theme exile ⓘ
humanity’s relationship with God ⓘ
marital love ⓘ
redemption ⓘ
suffering ⓘ
writer Elizabeth Barrett Browning ⓘ

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Poems (1844) → containsPoem → A Drama of Exile ⓘ
Nico → notableWork → Drama of Exile ⓘ
linked to: A Drama of Exile
A Drama of Exile → hasTitle → A Drama of Exile ⓘ