| Summary: | The thesis focuses on the most significant topics in the works of Gabriel Rossetti and Christina Rossetti, members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, formed in the Victorian era, who were influenced by the aesthetics of the movement and also by the subsiding Romanticism. This study discusses such characteristically Pre-Raphaelite topics in the poems of both authors as unfulfilled love related to the death of a young beautiful woman, or the anticipation of death and doom. Some more modern and provocative themes, such as prostitution, women rivalry and the role of woman in Victorian society are also examined. The thesis claims that the oeuvres of both authors were, to some extent, affected by their lives and their distinctive attitudes, often diametrically diverse, which is mostly palpable in their contradictory perception of religion, faith and redemption as shown in the collections The House of Life and Monna Innominata. The thesis also offers a comparison of Gabriel's well-known artistic production with his less renowned literary output, highly valued by himself and closely connected with his paintings. One of the ambitions of this study is also an attempt to present Gabriel's poetry from an angle which would show that it is as engaging as his artistic creation, but - unlike his sister's - has not yet...
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