Goblin Market’, Sisterhood and the Church Penitentiary Association
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12554152 |
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| Authors | Scott Rogers (Weber State University, corresponding author), Scott T Rogers (Weber State University) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 63-78 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Victorian Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1355-5502 • E-ISSN: 1750-0133 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/jvcult/vcac007 |
| OpenAlex | W4210872759 |
| Language | EN |
Christina Rossetti’s work with fallen women and penitent prostitutes as a volunteer for the Church Penitentiary Association has long been known, but to date there is little scholarship on the relationship between her poem ‘Goblin Market’ and the actual rules and structures of the types of institutions where Rossetti volunteered for a decade. In this essay, I examine the ways that ‘Goblin Market’ both reflects the influence of the Church Penitentiary Association and interrogates questions about the viability of female communities
Art · Association (psychology · Business · Genealogy · Literature · Market place · Poetry · Political science · Scholarship · Sociology · Irish and British Studies · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious Tourism and Spaces · History · Law
| Highly cited | No |
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