Four talks on the Impact of painting on English poetry in the mid-nineteenth century
2: Dante Gabriel Rossetti by EDWARD LUCIE-SMITH
Mr. Lucie-Smith illustrates his concept of the interaction between Rossetti's aims as poet and painter. He argues that in comparison with the verse of the Nineties poets, the work of Rossetti is both flawed and redeemed by a kind of enriching vulgarity.