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- Title
Covent Goblin Market.
- Authors
TARR, CLAYTON CARLYLE
- Abstract
A critique is presented of the 19th century English poem "Goblin Market" by Christina Rossetti, focusing on the influence of guidebooks and the Covent Garden Market in London, England on the poem. Shopping habits in 19th century London are discussed, and works such as the poems "Covent Garden Market" by Charles Lamb, "Convent-Garden Market" by John Ashford, and the novel "Our Mutual Friend" by Charles Dickens are cited.
- Subjects
GOBLIN Market (Poem); ROSSETTI, Christina Georgina, 1830-1894; GUIDEBOOKS; COVENT Garden (London, England); MARKETS in literature; SHOPPING; ASHFORD, John; LAMB, Charles, 1775-1834; HISTORY
- Publication
Victorian Poetry, 2012, Vol 50, Issue 3, p297
- ISSN
0042-5206
- Publication type
Poem
- DOI
10.1353/vp.2012.0019