Merissa Bartlett

Interpretations of Christina Rossetti's 'Goblin Market' Merissa Bartlett

Research Paper from the year 2013 in the subject English - History of Literature, Eras, grade: 80.00, Memorial University of Newfoundland, course: English 2001, language: English, abstract: "Goblin Market", an early work considered to be one of Rossetti's masterpieces, was intended simply as a fairy tale. Despite Rossetti's statements that she meant nothing profound by the tale, its rich, complex, and suggestive language has caused the poem to be practically ignored as children's literature and instead regarded variously as an erotic exploration of sexual fantasy, a commentary on capitalism and Victorian market economy, a feminist glorification of "sisterhood", and a Christian allegory about temptation and redemption, among other readings.