Poems of Elizabeth Siddal in Context

Anne Woolley is an Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Humanities at Keele University

• Introduction: Siddal, Christina Rossetti and the literary context1 Siddal, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and the duality of love2 Siddal, Swinburne and the ballad tradition3 Siddal, Tennyson, Ruskin and the feminist question4 Siddal, Keats and Pre-Raphaelite relations of powerConclusion: Contextualising Elizabeth Siddal

'Woolley robustly engages with Siddal’s strange, intense lyrical ballads...'The Critic'This critical study of Siddal’s life and poetry is hugely significant in our reassessment and re-understanding of Victorian women writers. A voice that has been forgotten and seen as a morbid footnote in the shadow of her husband has emerged as a poetess and artist of the same distinction as her contemporaries and worthy of closer critical attention.'BAVS Newsletter'This book aids the recovery of Siddal as a poet and artist and provides a multitude of perspectives that would prove a useful read to any Pre-Raphaelite researcher or Siddal fanatic.'PRS Review'Woolley covers a lot of ground and reveals a great deal about Siddal’s life along with insightful analysis of the poems.'The Victorian Web