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Goblin Market


 

Goblin Market (1862) is an important moral and philosophical poem by the Victorian poet Christina Rossetti in the guise of a fantasy entertainment for children. It was illustrated by her brother, the Pre-Raphaelite artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti.

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1862 - Victorian - Christina Rossetti - Pre-Raphaelite artist - Dante Gabriel Rossetti

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The poem deals implicitly with the ambiguous nature of the female role in Victorian society and is highly allusive to Biblical imagery (notably the Forbidden Fruit in the Garden of Eden and The Fall).

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