Episode 294: "Goblin Market" by Christina Rossetti, Part 1

<p>Welcome back to The Literary Life Podcast! This week we begin a brief, two-episode series covering Christina Rossetti's narrative poem "<a href= "https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44996/goblin-market">Goblin Market</a>." Our hosts, Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks, look at the life and family background of Christina Rossetti, highlighting her devout Christian faith as key to understanding her poetry. Thomas shares the dates for the Victorian and Pre-Raphaelite periods in terms of art and literature. Angelina asks what the form of this poem is as we approach this together, and she and Thomas propose a few connections and preliminary ideas they have about "Goblin Market" before we dive into the full text. Join us next week as they walk through the poem together and further discuss how to read this work as well as so much more!</p> <p>Visit the <a href= "https://houseofhumaneletters.com/">HouseofHumaneLetters.com</a> to sign up for all the upcoming and past mini-classes and webi...