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Loresa D. Matarazzo Victorian Literature 309 Final Paper Prof. Sarah Alexander Treatment of the Fallen Women in "Jenny" and "The Goblin Market" D.G. Rosetti's poem "Jenny" sets out, in large part, the problem of the separate categories of the "fallen" and the "pure" woman. Although espoused through a view of male liberalism, the poem was obviously informed by the social mores of the time, including separate domestic/public spheres, the male/female double standard as well as the Madonna/Magdalene categories allotted to nineteenth century women. "Jenny" does not escape the prevailing mid-nineteenth century notions of transgressive female sexuality and its "predictably" tragic end, despite its supposedly "enlightened" view of the subject and brief allusions to compassion. As one reads "Jenny", there are moments where one feels that the performative speech of will serve to displace contemporary discourses and agendas about women; instead it ends up confirming them. E. Warwick Slinn suggests that the poem may simply...

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