Dante Gabriel Rossetti and the late Victorian sonnet sequence : sexuality, belief and the self
John Holmes (Author)
In 1870, Dante Gabriel Rossetti published his sonnet sequence "The House of Life". Many poets wrote thousands of sonnets resulting in the flourishing of the sonnet sequence since the 1590s. This study explores the causes behind this outpouring, providing the contributions of the late Victorian sonneteers to the poetry and culture of their age.
Criticism, interpretation, etc
viii, 189 pages ; 24 cm
9780754651086, 0754651088
1091027526
Dante Gabriel Rossetti's inclusiveness : method and meaning in The house of life
The sons of Gabriel
Christina Rossetti replies : Monna innominata and Later life
From sexuality to sexualities : Marzials, Barlow, Blunt and Symonds
Female identity in transition : Gregory, Webster and Newmarch
Structures of the self : dialectic and myth in John Addington Symonds's Animi figura
From Rossetti to Rupert Brooke : the self and the nation
Originally published: Aldershot, Hants. : Ashgate Publishing, 2005