Discussion Questions for Works by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Students in English and History of Art 151, Brown University, 2004-2008

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Early Works

• Drastic Innovations on a Traditional Theme: Rossetti's Ecce Ancilla Domini
• The Girlhood of Mary Virgin: A Look Forward
• Textualization and Typology in The Passover in the Holy Family
• Rossetti's Interpretations: The Illustrations for Tennyson's "The Palace of Art"
• Rossetti's Found: Unfamiliar Territory
• Typology and Depth of Meaning in The Girlhood of Mary Virgin and Ecce Ancilla Domini
• Symbolism Prefiguring Typology in The Girlhood of Mary Virgin

Aspecta Medusa

• The Quest for Forbidden Knowledge; Aspecta Medusa by D.G. Rossetti
• The Beautiful Monster: Aspecta Medusa

Beata Beatrix

• Supernatural Reality in Beata Beatrix
• Visions and Premonitions in Rossetti's Beata Beatrix

Beatrice, (A Portrait of Jane Morris)

• Tragic Love in Rossetti's Beatrice, (A Portrait of Jane Morris)

The Blessed damozel

• A Broken Bridge to Heaven: Rossetti's The Blessed Damozel

Lady Lilith

• A Dialectic of Beauty in Rossetti's Lady Lilith
• The Paradox of D.G. Rossetti's in Lady Lilith
• The Modern Lilith
• Beauty as Power in Rossetti's Lady Lilith
• The Power of the Seductress
• Vanity, thy name is woman?

Proserpine

• Longing and Connection in D.G. Rossetti's Prosperpine
• Proserpine and Jane Morris: Women Trapped in Unhappy Relationships

Regina Cordium

• Sensuality and Tragedy in Regina Cordium or The Queen of Hearts
• The Hidden Sentiment in Regina Cordium

Miscellaneous

• Astarte Syriaca: The Epitome of the Rossettian Pre-Raphaelite Love Goddess
• Tension in the Pastoral Setting of Dante Gabriel Rossetti's The Bower Meadow

Related Materials

• Discussion questions about Rossetti's Poetry

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