Open AccessGhosts of Loss
Author(s) -
Ruth Weller-Passman,
Mackenzie Fluharty,
Ashley Starling
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
digital literature review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2692-904X
DOI - 10.33043/dlr.1.0.186-198
Subject(s) - poetry , grief , literature , expression (computer science) , history , art , sociology , psychology , computer science , psychotherapist , programming language
This critical edition presents Christina Rossetti’s ghostly poetry, analyzing its overall cultural impact and influence. In addition to her poetry, we have included contextual documents pertaining to mourning, widowhood, and poetic expression. As a whole, this edition gives insight into how and why poetry canbe an appropriate method for women to express grief in the Victorian era.