Rossetti (7-12)

Question 1

Sandra Gilbert

Answer 1

“must bury herself alive in a coffin of renunciation”

Question 2

Lynda Palazzo

Answer 2

“more than a hint that male gender oppression be interpreted as original sin.”

Question 3

Myra Reynolds, 1898

Answer 3

“a passionate outcry against the easy indifference with which man can think of…Christ”

Question 4

C. M. Bowra, 1949

Answer 4

“even the strongest affections fade into shadows” (soul sleep)

Question 5

Lars Wallner

Answer 5

“coping with personal loss and temptation”

Question 6

Stuart Curran, 1971

Answer 6

“She falls back on pretty language, the bane of so many women poets.”