Tag: CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

January 12, 2019

IN AN ABSENT DREAM: BOOK REVIEW

In an Absent Dream (Wayward Children, #4) by Seanan McGuire ★★★✰✰ 3.5 stars Katherine–never Kate, never Kitty, never anything but Katherine, sensible Katherine, up-and-down Katherine, as dependable as a sundial whittling away the summer afternoons–was ordinary enough to have become remarkable entirely without noticing it. Compared to the previous volumes in this series [book:In an…
read more

3.5 STARS, adventure, AMERICAN AUTHOR, CHILDHOOD, CHRISTINA ROSSETTI, FAIRY TALES, FAIRYLAND, FANTASY, female authors, GOBLIN MARKET, In an absent dream, magic school, MAGICAL DOORS, MAGICAL REALISM, NOVELLA/SHORT STORY, portal fantasy, published in 2019, READ IN 2019, Seanan McGuire, URBAN FANTASY, Wayward Children
January 9, 2018

Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti

Goblin Market features female characters who are subjects to desire. It has been said that in this poem, Rossetti attempts to capture the complexity of human sexuality and desire through a sensual language. I, however, do not share this opinion.From the very first lines it was quite clear that Rossetti responded to the aesthetic movement.…
read more

1850s, 19TH CENTURY, 3 STARS, CHRISTINA ROSSETTI, CLASSICS, england, FAIRY TALES, female poet, GOBLIN MARKET, POETRY, read in 2018, SISTERS, VICTORIAN, VICTORIAN POETRY, VICTORIAN POETS