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Rossetti, Christina
Primary Sources on Monsters, 07/2018Book Chapter
Christina Rossetti (1830–1894) was closely associated with the Pre–Raphaelites, including her brother, Dante Rossetti; her poetry, therefore, often concerns itself with unconventional approaches in order to get to what is seen as the truth while at the same time holding a real reverence for Christianity. Poems such as “No Thank You, John” and “Promises Like PieCrust” depict women with great inner strength, a departure from Victorian female characters who are vacuous or rely on men for their identity. The same is true of “Goblin Market” (1859), which is generally read as a meditation on female desire and sexuality,
