Topic > A Feminist Reading of Christina Rossetti's Goblin Market

Christina Rossetti's Goblin Market instigates significant controversy and controversy among many of its critics and readers, despite its deceptively simple form. Therefore, many people have proposed theories regarding the poem's twisted meanings and thought-provoking messages. However, the presence of the apparent sexual references and innuendos presented in the poem inspires much of the disagreement about Rossetti's intentions. However, Christina Rossetti's canonical poetry continues to fascinate and enchant her readers through its in-depth assessment of Victorian female sexual ideologies and expectations. Often seen as a didactic fable, the controversial poem can, above all, be perceived as a provocative feminist text that explores deviant sexuality and female desire in the Victorian age, with an unusual but fluid metaphor that offers powerful implications. As a result, Rossetti addresses female sensuality and desire while hiding his controversial lessons through an acceptable format, seductively exposing the values ​​of Victorian culture. Consequently, within her vivid images and themes, Rossetti offers a revolutionary perspective that challenges these boundaries, as she romantically critiques society's conventions and expectations through a narrative of forbidden female sexuality and independence. and communicate these rigid and unsatisfactory social restrictions, Christina Rossetti refers to the traditional allegory of the forbidden fruit and the desire expressed in the biblical story of the Fall. Through these classic religious stories, she cleverly challenges the patriarchal perception of women within Victorian culture, focusing specifically on the women… at the center of the paper… The Success of Christina Rossetti. Ed. David Kent. New York: Cornell University Press, 1987. 175-191. Davis, R.W. “Aristocratic Women and Political Society in Victorian Britain.” Victorian Studies, 43.1 (2000) 181-183. Network. November 21, 2013Escobar, Kirsten E. "Holy Woman, Prodigal Woman: Christina Rossetti's 'Goblin Market'." Religion and Art 5.1/2 (2001): 129. Humanities International complete. Network. November 21, 2013. Garlick, Barbara. "The frozen fountain: Christina Rossetti, the virgin model and youthful Pre-Raphaelitism". Virginal sexuality and textuality in Victorian literature. Ed. Lloyd Davis. Albany: State U of New York P, 1993. 105-27Marsh, January "The Vocation of Christina Rossetti: The Importance of the 'Goblin Market.' Victorian Poetry 32 (1994): 233-48.Parker, Christopher, ed. "Gender Roles and Sexuality in Victorian Literature." England: Scolar Press, 1995.