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- Title
Redemption and Representation in Goblin Market: Christina Rossetti and the Salvific Signifier.
- Authors
COULSON, VICTORIA
- Abstract
The author presents a criticism of the 19th century English poem "Goblin Market" by Christina Rossetti. She discusses the nature of the market in the poem, the divine symbolism of the fruit sold by the goblins, and the ultimate theme of redemption in the regrets over consuming the fruit.
- Subjects
GOBLIN Market (Book : Rossetti); ROSSETTI, Christina Georgina, 1830-1894; 19TH century English poetry; LITERARY criticism; REDEMPTION in literature; MARKETS in literature; FRUIT in literature; VICTORIAN (Literary period)
- Publication
Victorian Poetry, 2017, Vol 55, Issue 4, p423
- ISSN
0042-5206
- Publication type
Poetry Review
- DOI
10.1353/vp.2017.0027