rossetti critics Flashcards
1
Q
simon avery “the female figure is…
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…depicted as entrapped or confined: physically, psychologically or both”
2
Q
barbra morden
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“beneath sentiments of compliance in her poetry, there is often an undertone of resistance, surpassed passion and desperate longing”
3
Q
Lars Wallner?
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“rossettis gloomy outlook on human love”
4
Q
joshua bocher
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“in the end rossettis love for god always trumps the love for another human”
5
Q
simon avery “certainly…
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…she is not to be bullied into a relationship because a man or social convention demands it”
6
Q
simon avery on her views towards women
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“far from conservative and often questioning, challenging and potentially subversive”
7
Q
scholl
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“she must’ve thought that helping others towards their own redemption is more valuable than condemnation”
