The Categorization of Christina Rossetti's Goblin Market : Children's Poem or Erotic Allegory
This essay will argue that this fundamental, and at times contradictory, duality is the essence of Rossetti's achievement in "Goblin Market". However, while it is a poem that opens itself to avenues of textual exploration by both naive and sophisticated readers, "Goblin Market" is undeniably a strikingly sensual - even sexual - poetic work. 5 pgs. 17 f/c. 5b.