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 Romantic Love—Illustrations of Sonnet-Structure—
Miscellaneous 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

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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THE DAY-DREAM _Frontispiece_

ECCE ANCILLA DOMINI 78

MARY MAGDALENE AT THE DOOR OF SIMON THE PHARISEE 116

PANDORA 157

BEATA BEATRIX 162

THE BOAT OF LOVE 180

HEAD OF CHRIST (STUDY FOR “MARY MAGDALENE”) 214

OUR LADY OF PITY 256

DANTE ROSSETTI AND THE
PRE-RAPHAELITE
MOVEMENT.