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Rossetti, Christina
Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830-1894) was one of the most important women poets writing in nineteenth-century England. Her simple, tender lyrics exhibit a remarkable warmth, directness, and passion for truth.
She was born in London December 5, 1830, to Gabriele and Frances (Polidori) Rossetti, and was the younger sister to artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Although her fundamentally religious temperament was closer to her mother's, this youngest member of a remarkable family of poets, artists, and critics inherited many of her artistic tendencies from her father.
In 1848 she became engaged to James Collinson, one of the minor Pre-Raphaelite brethren, but the engagement ended after he reverted to Roman Catholicism.
She first published her poetry in the Pre-Raphaelite Journal - The Germ. Later well known poems include 'Remember', and 'When I am Dead My Dearest'.
She was born in London December 5, 1830, to Gabriele and Frances (Polidori) Rossetti, and was the younger sister to artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Although her fundamentally religious temperament was closer to her mother's, this youngest member of a remarkable family of poets, artists, and critics inherited many of her artistic tendencies from her father.
In 1848 she became engaged to James Collinson, one of the minor Pre-Raphaelite brethren, but the engagement ended after he reverted to Roman Catholicism.
She first published her poetry in the Pre-Raphaelite Journal - The Germ. Later well known poems include 'Remember', and 'When I am Dead My Dearest'.
Sites in Rossetti, Christina
Christina Rossetti and Her Mother
Photographed by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (a.k.a. Lewis Carroll).
Goblin Market
Poem.
Christina Rossetti
An online overview of the author and her work, links to historical and critical studies, as well as a selection of texts including, with original illustrations, the complete "Goblin Market."
Selected Poetry of Christina Rossetti
The text of 13 of her poems.
Christina Rossetti
Selected poetry, criticism, and biography. From University of Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Chistina Rossetti
General information and links about her life and work, from the 1890's Society.
Remember Me When I Am Gone Away
A short biography, with links.
Christina Rossetti
Portrait, photograph of her tomb in the family plot at Highgate Cemetery, London, brief biography, and interactive visitor comments.
Christina Rossetti Web
Archive of poetry.
Almost Paradise Collection
Selection of poems released in December 2003. Editor's comments with contents, links, extracts, editing details and brief biography. |
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