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The poems of Elizabeth Siddal in context

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Every Siddal poem is close read alongside works by Rossetti, Swinburne, Ruskin, Tennyson and Keats and with reference to prevailing cultural, political and religious contexts to give the most com...
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A ground breaking new book that considers all Siddal poems with reference to female and primarily male counterparts, adding substantially to knowledge of her work as a writer, and their shared contemporary concerns. Dante Rossetti, Swinburne, Tennyson, Ruskin and Keats were either known to her or a source of influence on the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood with which she was associated, and certain of their texts are compared with hers to discuss interplay between erotic and spiritual love, the ballad tradition, nineteenth-century feminism, and the Romantic concept of the conjoined physical and spectral body. Siddal’s artwork is used to introduce each chapter, while other Pre-Raphaelite paintings illuminate the texts and further the inter-disciplinary philosophy of the Brotherhood. This important and stimulating book focuses on the intrinsic merit of Siddal’s poetics whilst advocating a research method that could have multiple applications elsewhere.
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Price: £25.00
Pages: 296
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Series: Interventions: Rethinking the Nineteenth Century
Publication Date: 25 June 2024
ISBN: 9781526178923
Format: Paperback
BISACs:

LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Literature: history and criticism
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'Woolley robustly engages with Siddal’s strange, intense lyrical ballads...'
The Critic

'This critical study of Siddal’s life and poetry is hugely significant in our reassessment and re-understanding of Victorian women writers. A voice that has been forgotten and seen as a morbid footnote in the shadow of her husband has emerged as a poetess and artist of the same distinction as her contemporaries and worthy of closer critical attention.'
BAVS Newsletter

'This book aids the recovery of Siddal as a poet and artist and provides a multitude of perspectives that would prove a useful read to any Pre-Raphaelite researcher or Siddal fanatic.'
PRS Review

'Woolley covers a lot of ground and reveals a great deal about Siddal’s life along with insightful analysis of the poems.'
The Victorian Web

Introduction: Siddal, Christina Rossetti and the literary context
1 Siddal, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and the duality of love
2 Siddal, Swinburne and the ballad tradition
3 Siddal, Tennyson, Ruskin and the feminist question
4 Siddal, Keats and Pre-Raphaelite relations of power
Conclusion: Contextualising Elizabeth Siddal