Wood, Esther; Rossetti, Dante Gabriel [Ill.]: Dante Rossetti and the pre-Raphaelite movement (London: Sampson Low, Marston, 1894)

CONTENTS

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“ Idylls of the King”—The Idea of Retribution-
“ King Arthur’s Tomb,” “ Paolo and Francesca,”
“Death of Lady Macbeth,” “The Awakening Con-
science,” “ Hesterna Rosa,” “ The Gate of Memory,”
“Found,” “Psyche,” “ Proserpine,” “Pandora”—The
Idea of Duty—“ The Hugenot,” “ The Black Bruns-
wicker,” “Claudio and Isabella”—Old and New
Chivalry—-“ Sir Isumbras ” and “The Rescue ”—“ The
Merciful Knight,” “St. Agnes’ Eve”—Ideal and Pla-
tonic Love — “The Salutation of Beatrice,” “The
Boat of Love,” “ Beata Beatrix,” “ Dante’s Dream,”
“ Our Lady of Pity ”. 222

CHAPTER VIII.
The Poetry of Dante Rossetti.
The “ Pre-Raphaelite ” in Literature—The Complexity
of Talent in an Age of Re-birth—The Restoration of
Romance in England—-The Latin and the Saxon in
Rossetti—-Latin Diction for the Sonnets as Reflective
Poetry—Saxon Diction for the Ballads as Dramatic
Poetry—“The House of Life”—Treatment of Roman-
tic Love—Illustrations of Sonnet-Structure—Miscella-
neous Lyrics—“ The Portrait,” “ The Stream’s Secret,”
“Dante at Verona,” “The Staff and Scrip,”—The
Ballads—“ The White Ship,” “The King’s Tragedy,”
“ Sister Helen,” “Rose Mary,” “ The Bride’s Prelude,”
“The Blessed Damozel ”—“A Last Confession”—
“Jenny”—Relation of Rossetti’s Poetry to his Painting 259