Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-196) and index
The transcendental tendency in Christina Rossetti's poetry of love and devotion -- The superegoic demon in Christina Rossetti's gothic and fantasy writings -- Imaginary oscillation in Dante Gabriel Rossetti's illustrations of Dante -- The symbolic perfection of the imaginary in Dante Gabriel Rossetti's The house of life -- Hysterical desire in Dante Gabriel Rossetti's narrative poems and portraiture