Temptation of Fruit: The Symbolism of Fruit in Christina Rossettiâs âGoblin Marketâ and in the Works of D. G. Rossetti and J. E. Millais

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Temptation of Fruit: The Symbolism of Fruit in Christina Rossettiâs âGoblin Marketâ and in the Works of D. G. Rossetti and J. E. Millais

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DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789401209991_006

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Though critical writing often refers to biblical allusions in âGoblin Marketâ and to its association with Miltonâs Paradise Lost, strangely little has been written concerning its relation to contemporary fruit images, which actually seem to have permeated mid- and late Victorian culture. This paper explores the symbolic meanings of fruit as it appears in the works of the Rossettis and Millais, and attempts to prove that while sharing the same symbolic codes as her male counterparts, Christina Rossetti tries to nullify the ominous fatality symbolized by fruit as anachronistic, and to liberate her female characters from the mythic roles into which fruit seems to fix women in D. G. Rossetti and Millaisâs work.

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Plants and Literature

Essays in Critical Plant Studies

Series:Â Critical Plant Studies, Volume: 1

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Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 01 Jan 2013

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