The Poems of Elizabeth Siddal in Context by Anne Woolley (English) Hardcover Boo

Description: The Poems of Elizabeth Siddal in Context by Anne Woolley 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 comprehensive analysis yet of this enigmatic, previously undervalued poetic voice. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A unique analysis of every Siddal poem alongside works by Rossetti, Swinburne, Ruskin, Tennyson and Keats, and places them in prevailing cultural, political and religious contexts.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. Siddals 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 Siddals poetics whilst advocating a research method that could have multiple applications elsewhere. Flap This significant new book considers all of Elizabeth Siddals poems as part of the on-going retrieval and re-evaluation of nineteenth-century women poets. Perhaps more importantly, it does so with reference to the work of male poets who were either known to her, or were a source of influence on the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood with which she was associated; Dante Rossetti, Swinburne, Ruskin, Tennyson and Keats. Comparison is also made with female counterparts, including Christina Rossetti, Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Romantic poets Felicia Hemans and Letitia Landon, but in shifting the emphasis towards her male counterparts, Siddal is afforded long-overdue augmented critical reception and an enhanced reputation based firmly on her merits as a writer rather than on her already well-documented life history. This volume addresses various thematic aspects of her work and locates it in a contemporary cultural context, illuminating philosophies shared with other poets and enabling alternative readings of texts that at first glance can appear slight, self-indulgent and derivative. The dualism between earthly and spiritual love is explored through her lyrics and sonnets taken from Rossettis The House of Life sequence. Siddal and Swinburne both engaged with the ballad tradition and Siddal used it to lament the inability of women to express themselves. The nineteenth-century woman question is examined via Of Queens Gardens by Ruskin and lyrics taken from The Princess by Tennyson, and the paradoxical conjunction of physical and spectral body is considered through Keatss Lamia, Isabella and The Eve of St Agnes. Paintings by Millais, Hunt and Rossetti, and Siddals own artwork, are used as informative entr Author Biography Anne Woolley is an Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Humanities at Keele University Table of Contents Introduction: Siddal, Christina Rossetti and the literary context1 Siddal, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and the duality of love2 Siddal, Swinburne and the ballad tradition3 Siddal, Tennyson, Ruskin and the feminist question4 Siddal, Keats and Pre-Raphaelite relations of powerConclusion: Contextualising Elizabeth Siddal Review Woolley robustly engages with Siddals strange, intense lyrical ballads...The CriticThis critical study of Siddals 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 -- . Long Description A unique analysis of every Siddal poem alongside works by Rossetti, Swinburne, Ruskin, Tennyson and Keats, and places them in prevailing cultural, political and religious contexts. 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. Siddals 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 Siddals poetics whilst advocating a research method that could have multiple applications elsewhere. Review Quote Woolley robustly engages with Siddals strange, intense lyrical ballads...The Critic Details ISBN1526143844 Author Anne Woolley Publisher Manchester University Press Language English Year 2021 ISBN-10 1526143844 ISBN-13 9781526143846 Format Hardcover Pages 296 DEWEY 821.8 UK Release Date 2021-03-02 Imprint Manchester University Press Place of Publication Manchester Country of Publication United Kingdom NZ Release Date 2021-03-02 Illustrations 20 B&W Publication Date 2021-03-02 Audience General Series Interventions: Rethinking the Nineteenth Century AU Release Date 2021-03-08 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 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