Dante Gabriel Rossetti Summary

Biography EssayGabriel Charles Dante Rossetti, who assumed the professional name Dante Gabriel Rossetti, was born 12 May 1828 at No. 38 Charlotte Street, Portland Place, London, the second child and e... Read more

"Of all the notable figures from the world of Victorian art and literature, Dante Gabriel Rossetti is one of the most complex," maintained Jan Marsh in Dante Gabriel Rossetti: Painter and Poet. Marsh ... Read more

In the following excerpt, Maitland (a pseudonym of Robert Buchanan), negatively critiques the poetry of Rossetti and the Pre-Raphaelites. If, on the occasion of any public performance of Shakspere�... Read more

In the following essay, Cervo reads “Ave” in light of Il mister dell' amor platonico del medio evo, by Gabriele Rossetti (D. G. Rossetti's father.) Despite appearances, Dan... Read more

In the following essay, Bullock applies Walter Benjamin's reading of Charles Baudelaire to Rossetti, and delineates the “differences of style and stature” between the two poets. W... Read more

In the following essay, Maxwell elucidates the religious elements of “The Woodspurge.” Rossetti's short lyric “The Woodspurge,” a favorite of the anthologists and a ... Read more

In the following essay, Markley investigates the function of the monologue in “The Portrait.” In his poem “The Portrait” (1870), Dante Gabriel Rossetti focuses on the attac... Read more

In the following essay, Starzyk traces the aestheticization of Rossetti's “Jenny,” and underscores “how the painterly hand of Rossetti influenced the verbal articulation of... Read more

In the following essay, Bristow examines the sonnet “He and I” within the context of the sonnet sequence “The House of Life,” focusing on Rossetti's portrayal of sex... Read more

In the following essay, Fuchs considers Rossetti's place in literature, contending that “his attempt to push against the limitations of his art reveal that he was caught between the nine... Read more

In the following essay, Harris examines how Rossetti utilizes the form of the interior monologue to reveal cultural values in “Jenny.” Rossetti's indictment of prostitution and ma... Read more

In the following essay, Cohen explores Rossetti's poetic strategies in “Jenny,” focusing on the poet's combination of religious and art imagery. The rhetorical strategy in ... Read more

In the following essay, Howard evaluates "A Last Confession " as a skillfully-crafted dramatic monologue. Critics have often suggested that Dante Gabriel Rossetti's poetic failure... Read more

In the following essay, Fontana examines Rossetti's "On the Field of Waterloo" in relation to William Wordsworth's earlier poem on the same subject. As many of his critics ... Read more

In the following essay, Bentley interprets "The Blessed Damozel" as a poem celebratory of "medieval-Catholic awareness." Early in 1848, Dante Gabriel Rossetti submitted sev... Read more

In the following essay, Harris focuses on Rossetti's critique of Victorian culture through a poetic representation of silence, sexuality, and economic exchange in "Jenny." Rossett... Read more

In the following essay, McGann traces Rossetti's career-spanning concern with disillusionment and the betrayal of artistic ideals. Rossetti has a notebook entry dating from the early 1870s in w... Read more

In the following essay, Harrison discusses the parodic nature and self-consciously aesthetic ideology of Rossetti's poetry. In a recent essay, Claus Uhlig comes to the problematic conclusion th... Read more