Christina Rossetti's Gothic
Christina Rossetti's Gothic

Author: Serena Trowbridge

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2013-08-01

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 1441142231

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The poetry of Christina Rossetti is often described as 'gothic' and yet this term has rarely been examined in the specific case of Rossetti's work. Based on new readings of the full range of her writings, from 'Goblin Market' to the devotional poems and prose works, this book explores Rossetti's use of Gothic forms and images to consider her as a Gothic writer. Christina Rossetti's Gothic analyses the poet's use of the grotesque and the spectral and the Christian roots and Pre-Raphaelite influences of Rossetti's deployment of Gothic tropes.

Coleridge Notebooks V2 Notes
Coleridge Notebooks V2 Notes

Author: Kathleen Coburn

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-09-16

Total Pages: 587

ISBN-13: 1000736458

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First published in 2002. Volume 2 of the notes on the Notebooks of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, spanning from 1804 to 1808. The volume is in two parts, text and notes.

Fat
Fat

Author: Christopher E. Forth

Publisher: Reaktion Books

Published: 2019-06-15

Total Pages: 359

ISBN-13: 178914096X

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Fat: such a little word evokes big responses. While ‘fat’ describes the size and shape of bodies, our negative reactions to corpulent bodies also depend on something tangible and tactile; as this book argues, there is more to fat than meets the eye. Fat: A Cultural History of the Stuff of Life offers a historical reflection on how fat has been perceived and imagined in the West since antiquity. Featuring fascinating historical accounts, philosophical, religious and cultural arguments, including discussions of status, gender and race, the book digs deep into the past for the roots of our current notions and prejudices. Three central themes emerge: how we have perceived and imagined obesity over the centuries; how fat as a substance has elicited disgust and how it evokes perceptions of animality; but also how it has been associated with vitality and fertility. By exploring the complex ways in which fat, fatness and fattening have been perceived over time, this book provides rich insights into the stuff our stereotypes are made of.