Goblin Market Flashcards
1
Q
What is Goblin Market?
A
A piece of Victorian Lesbian pornography.
2
Q
Why a market?
A
At the time, there was a lot of uncertainty as to what was in your food when you brought it from a market
3
Q
How were fairytales considered before the Victorian era?
A
As pagan smut
4
Q
How were fairytales considered in the Victorian era?
A
Once they were modernised and made christian, they became morals for children
5
Q
What was the hidden meaning of fairytales ?
A
They became a medium to mounting social critiques
6
Q
Who wrote Goblin Market?
A
Christina Rossetti
7
Q
What do we know of Christina Rossetti?
A
She was a devout christian, who believed that life was only an introduction to God, and that material means may distract one from salvation.
