Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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'''Dante Gabriel Rossetti''' ([[May 12]], [[1828]] – [[April 10]], [[1882]]) was an [[England|English]] [[poet]], [[illustrator]], [[painter]], and [[translator]] and a precursor to the [[Symbolism|Symbolist movement]]. | '''Dante Gabriel Rossetti''' ([[May 12]], [[1828]] – [[April 10]], [[1882]]) was an [[England|English]] [[poet]], [[illustrator]], [[painter]], and [[translator]] and a precursor to the [[Symbolism|Symbolist movement]]. | ||
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Robin Sheets, "[[Pornography and Art: The Case of 'Jenny']]," [[Critical Inquiry]] 14, no. 2 (Winter 1988) | Robin Sheets, "[[Pornography and Art: The Case of 'Jenny']]," [[Critical Inquiry]] 14, no. 2 (Winter 1988) |
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti (May 12, 1828 – April 10, 1882) was an English poet, illustrator, painter, and translator and a precursor to the Symbolist movement.
In 1870 Rossetti published a sympathetic poem about a prostitute, "Jenny".
Robin Sheets, "Pornography and Art: The Case of 'Jenny'," Critical Inquiry 14, no. 2 (Winter 1988)
“My poem,” says Rossetti, “is about a prostitute named Jenny,” and he begins to recite: “'Lazy, laughing, languid Jenny. ... By placing “Jenny” so early in his narrative, Hale highlights the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood's embrace of the social .
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