First published 2008
Christina Rossetti stands apart from her Victorian contemporaries through her remarkable breadth of subjects and poetic styles. Her verses connect love with death, victory with defeat, spiritual rapture with worldly delights. The poems surprise readers with their stark honesty, aesthetic power, and emotional force. This complete annotated edition draws from authoritative texts to present her full range: passionate love songs, structured sonnets, sacred hymns, narrative ballads, extensive religious poetry, and imaginative works including Goblin Market, her darkly compelling children's verses. Rossetti's poetry captures both the sacred and profane aspects of human experience with startling clarity and conviction.
Genres: literature, 20th-century, poetry, 19th-century
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, lyrical
Tropes: emotional-themes, religious-themes
Period: 19th-Century, Victorian
262 pages · Paperback · Penguin Books Ltd