jats:titleAbstract</jats:title>jats:pCriticism of literary Pre‐Raphaelitism has not kept pace with reappraisals of Pre‐Raphaelite visual arts. The assumption of easy translatability between the different idioms of poetry and the visual arts has led to an established canon of Pre‐Raphaelite poets, which may have short‐circuited sustained investigation into Pre‐Raphaelite poetic style. This article considers work published since 2008 by way of three connected challenges facing critics keen to test the appellation “Pre‐Raphaelite”, which I explore under the headings of ambidexterity, brotherhood and style.</jats:p>