The Forgotten Gothic of Christina Rossetti

University essay from Avdelningen för språk och kultur; Filosofiska fakulteten

Author: Lars Wallner; [2010]

Keywords: rossetti; christina; gothic; poetry; pre-raphaelites; female gothic; women poets; the prince s progress; goblin market; a coast nightmare; shut out;

Abstract: In this essay, the author analyzes the Gothic of Christina Rossetti in such poems as A Coast Nightmare, Shut Out, but also the well-known Goblin Market and the Prince's Progress. Interested in what the imagery of these poems convey, and intent on declaring Rossetti as a prominent example of Gothic poets, the author makes a strong case for the including of Rossetti among the great Gothics.

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