Christina Rossetti's Feminist Theology [Hardcover]

This volume disputes the assumption that Rossetti was a follower of Keble and Pusey, and shows how her dissatisfaction with the male-dominated call to celibacy led her to reject their notions of worldliness, and to form a closer bond with the physical world and the body.Acknowledgements Preface Introduction Early Poetry Including Goblin Market: Maude Later Poetry Including The Prince's Progress; Annus Domini Called to Be Saints Seek and Find Letter and Spirit Time Flies The Face of the Deep Conclusion Select Bibliography Index

'...Palazzo's general conclusions make the volume indispensable for literature collections at all levels...' - R.D. Morrison, Choice

LYNDA PALAZZO has lectured for many years at universities in South Africa and is currently a teacher in English at King's School, Macclesfield, Cheshire.