Goblin Market and Other Poems (Masterplots II: Women’s Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Christina Rossetti
- First Published: 1862
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Genres: Poetry, Children’s literature, Narrative poetry, Lyric poetry
- Subjects: Folkloric or magical people, Magic or magicians, Love or romance, Sex or sexuality, Marriage, Religion, Christianity, Sisters, Death or dying, Food, Jesus Christ, Edible plants, Sacrifice, Fruit, Fairy tales, Temptation, Goblins
Form and Content
Goblin Market and Other Poems was the first book of poetry that Christina Rossetti published, although her grandfather had privately printed a collection of her juvenilia when she was seventeen. Despite its appearance at the beginning of her literary career, Goblin Market and Other Poems contains some of her finest and most enduring writing: the title poem, “Goblin Market,” still her best-known work: “Up-Hill,” “After Death,” “Remember,” “The Three Enemies,” “A Better Resurrection,” “An Apple Gathering,” “Advent,”...
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