"Will he rise and recover[?]": Catullus, Castration, and Censorship in Swinburne's "Dolores"

345-348. Since Dolores functions as a "satanically inverted Virgin Mary,"9 it is unsurprising to find her rival blurring into the Virgin Mary herself.

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Victorian poetry 2009-12, Vol.47 (4), p.747-758
Main Author: BOULET, JASON
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ballad poetry
Ballads
Castration
Catullus
Censorship
Christianity
Competition
Criticism
Criticism and interpretation
Hands
Influence
Landor, Walter Savage
Literary criticism
Mothers
Poetic meter
Poetry
Poets
Priests
Swinburne, Algernon Charles
Victorians
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Summary:345-348. Since Dolores functions as a "satanically inverted Virgin Mary,"9 it is unsurprising to find her rival blurring into the Virgin Mary herself.
ISSN:0042-5206
1530-7190
1530-7190
DOI:10.1353/vp.0.0085