Charlotte Xiaoqian Cai

The Rossetti Legacy

Victorian Poetry, Pre-Raphaelite Art, and the Exploration of Self-Identity. Sprachen: Englisch. 23,5 cm / 15,7 cm / 1,7 cm ( B/H/T )
Buch (Hardcover), 236 Seiten
EAN 9781041198321
Veröffentlicht April 2026
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This groundbreaking study reveals how the Rossetti siblings revolutionized Victorian conceptions of selfhood through a sophisticated dialectic that transcends conventional binaries-matter and spirit, sacred and secular love, strength and vulnerability, divinity and depravity.

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Charlotte Xiaoqian Cai has degrees from Shanghai International Studies University (BA), the University of Leicester (MA), and the Chinese University of Hong Kong (PhD).

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Chapter 1 Self-Renunciation and Self-Fulfilment: Interplay of Sacred Love and Secular Love in Monna Innominata and Later Life 1.1 Monna Innominata 1.1.1 First macro-quatrain: a quest for the beloved 1.1.2 Second macro-quatrain: agency via religion versus risk of idolatry 1.1.3 Macro-sestet: forgoing her beloved & retaining her love 1.2 Later Life 1.2.1 First macro-octave: pleas for grace & quest for agency 1.2.2 Second macro-octave: beginning to assume God's vision 1.2.3 First macro-sestet: through the seasons of human life 1.2.4 Second macro-sestet: dynamics among life, death, and love Chapter 2 Fluidity of Life, Love and Death in The House of Life 2.1 The Religion of Love 2.2 Confronting Death 2.3 Ambiguity of the Sirens and the Law of the Monochord 2.4 A Summary and a Comparison Chapter 3 The Aesthetics of Renunciation in Christina Rossetti's Double Works 3.1 Sing-Song: Calls for a Shift of Attention 3.2 Speaking Likenesses: Dynamics Between the Weak and the Strong 3.3 Goblin Market and Christina's Illustrations for The Christian Year: Siblinghood and Selfhood Chapter 4 Passion and Passivity: Fluidity of Identity in Dante Gabriel Rossetti's Double Works 4.1 Heavenly Lady or Femme Fatale 4.2 Transformations of Lady Lilith and Mary Magdalene 4.3 Modern Femme Fatale 4.4 The Constellation of Helen, Proserpine, and Pandora 4.5 A Summary and a Comparison Conclusio

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