The Achievement of Christina Rossetti

Published by Cornell University Press 1989

The Achievement of Christina Rossetti

Edited by: David A. Kent

https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501745942

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About this book

Bringing to bear a variety of perspectives on the poetry, prose, and letters of a writer whose work is just now beginning to emerge from critical neglect, this
collection edited by David A. Kent should play an important role in the re-evaluation of Christina Rossetti. It consists of fifteen essays by gifted Victorian scholars who represent a wide range of methodologies and critical concerns, and it offers alternatives to the autobiographical approach that has limited appreciation of Rossetti the writer.

Author / Editor information

David A Kent is a member of the English Department at Centennial College, Scarborough, Ontario.

Reviews

David Riede, Department of English, The Ohio State University:

The book's diversity of approaches effects the diversity and complexity of Rossetti's work, and its critical rigor marks a new beginning in studies of Rossetti.

H. B. de Groot, Department of English, University of Toronto:

The Achievement of Christina Rossetti constitutes a very substantial advance in our understanding of Rossetti's poetry.

Topics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Introduction Jerome J. McGann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
I. ROSSETTI: POET
Poet of Mystery: The Art of Christina Rossetti W. David Shaw Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
The Meretricious and the Meritorious in Goblin Market: A Conjecture and an Analysis D. M. R. Bentley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
Questioning the Convention: Christina Rossetti's Sonnet Sequence "Monna Innominata" William Whitla Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	82
II. ROSSETTI: WOMAN ARTIST AND PROSE WRITER Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
The Kingly Self: Rossetti as Woman Artist Betty S. Flowers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
Eve, Mary, and Mary Magdalene: Christina Rossetti's Feminine Triptych Diane D’Amico Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
Eighteen Early Letters by Christina Rossetti Antony H. Harrison Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	192
Simple Surfaces: Christina Rossetti's Work for Children Roderick McGillis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	208
Christina Rossetti's Devotional Prose P. G. Stanwood Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
III. ROSSETTI: PREDECESSORS AND CONTEMPORARIES
"By thought, word, and deed": George Herbert and Christina Rossetti David A. Kent Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	250
Christina Rossetti: The Devotional Poet and the Rejection of Romantic Nature Catherine Musella Cantalupo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	274
Being and Understanding: Devotional Poetry of Christina Rossetti and the Tractarians Linda Schofield Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	301
Christina Rossetti and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood Jerome Bump Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	322
Afterword: Love God and Die-Christina Rossetti and the Future G. B. Tennyson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	346
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	357
Index to the Writings of Christina Rossetti Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	361
General Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	365

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 402
Keywords: Philosophy

eBook

Published: May 15, 2019
ISBN: 9781501745942