Laura the Storyteller, Goblin Market illustrated by Arthur Rackham

Created by Amy Gates on Mon, 06/29/2020 - 17:52

Description:

Full title: Goblin Market illustrated by Arthur Rackham
Published: 1933 , London
Formats: Book, Illustration, Image
Creator: Christina Rossetti, Arthur*Rackham [illustrator]
Usage termsPublic Domain
Held by British Library
Shelfmark: 11643.cc.64.
British Library: https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/goblin-market-illustrated-by-arthur-rackham
British Library Description:
Christina Rossetti's long narrative poem 'Goblin Market', originally illustrated by her brother Dante Gabriel Rossetti, has been reinterpreted by artists into the 20th century. Shown here are Arthur Rackham's series of illustrations from 1933. Rackham's goblin creatures are animal-like but their appearance also borrows from the mythical creatures found in traditional fairytale and folklore; in the third illustration, Rackham seems to be responding to the popular reading of the poem as a tale of the loss of sexual innocence.