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Unit 20: The Victorian Age (Pre-Raphaelite Poetry)

20.5 Keywords Notes

Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood : Led by Rossetti some painters organised themselves in
London in 1848 into a group which came to be called the
“Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
Sensuousness : Like Rossetti most Pre-Raphaelites were painters as well
as poets. That explains much of the sensuousness of their
poetry as well as their loving concern for details. Much of
their poetry is as concrete as painting.

20.6 Review Questions
1. What is Literary Repercussions?
2. What is the antecedents of pre-Raphaelitism?
3. What is medievalism and sensuousness of the pre-Raphaelites?
4. What is Fleshly school of poetry?

Answers : Self Assessment

1. Pre-Raphaelite movement 2. Raphael 3. Brotherhood
4. Pre-Raphaelite poetry 5. Romantic Revival

20.7 Further Readings

Books The Concise Cambridge History of English Literature, 3rd edition CUP, New
Delhi, 2005: Sampson, George.
History of English Literature, Kalyani Publishers, New Delhi, 2004: Long. W.J.
A History of English Literature-Arthur-Compton-Rickett, UPSPD, New Delhi.

Online links www.victorianweb.org/painting/prb/1.html
classiclit.about.com/library/bl-etexts/rfletcher/bl-rfletcher-history-11-rossetti.htm

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