Goblin Market And Comus Analysis

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Zachary Nevin. “Rising from the Fall: Experience and Grace in Goblin Market and Comus” in Stanford undergraduate research journal (SURJ), Vol 9, 2009, pp. 31-36

Purpose of article
The journal article ‘Rising from the Fall: Experience and Grace in Goblin Market and Comus’ published in 2009 by Zachary Nevin in the Stanford Undergraduate Research Journal (SURJ) compares and contrasts ideologies of the theme fall in Christina Rossetti’s ‘Goblin Market’ and John Milton’s ‘Comus’

Summary
The article commences by outlining the significance of the fall in a biblical perspective and its transition throughout time which is a commonly used theme in literature. (p.31). The fall of Laura in the ‘Goblin Market’ is considered to be the central focus of

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