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Christina Georgina Rossetti (5 December 1830 – 29 December 1894) was an English writer of romantic, devotional and children's poems, including " Goblin Market " and "Remember".
Poet Christina Rossetti was born in 1830, the youngest child in an extraordinarily gifted family. Her father, the Italian poet and political exile Gabriele Rossetti, immigrated to England in 1824 and established a career as a Dante scholar and teacher of Italian in London.
Christina Rossetti (born Dec. 5, 1830, London, Eng.—died Dec. 29, 1894, London) was one of the most important of English women poets both in range and quality. She excelled in works of fantasy, in poems for children, and in religious poetry.
Jan 2, 2017 · Christina Rossetti (1830-94) is primarily known for a handful of classic poems, but she wrote more than a handful of great ones. Below we’ve selected ten of Rossetti’s finest poems and written a short paragraph introducing each of them. 1. ‘ Remember ’.
Jul 27, 2016 · An introduction to Rossetti’s life and work. Christina Rossetti (1830-94) was one of the Victorian era’s greatest and most influential poets, along with Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Robert Browning, and Algernon Charles Swinburne.
Christina Rossetti, a pivotal Victorian poet, is best known for ‘Goblin Market and Other Poems,’ published in 1862. Educated at home, she drew inspiration from John Keats and others, which fueled her diverse literary creations, from ballads to sonnets.
Christina Rossetti - The Academy of American Poets is the largest membership-based nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting American poets. Born in 1830 in London, Christina Rossetti, the author of Goblin Market and Other Poems, is a major Victorian Poet.
Many readers first come across Christina Rossetti as the writer of the words of the carol ‘In the Bleak Midwinter’, or the deceptively simple, but actually strange and powerful, fairy tale in verse, Goblin Market. But her work ranges widely, including ballads, love lyrics, sonnets and devotional poetry, often suffused with sadness and ...
Christina Rossetti 1830-1894. Biography. One of the most important female writers of the 19th century, Christina Rossetti is remembered for her acerbic love poetry, vivacious ballads and...
Born in 1830, Christina Rossetti was the author of a wide array of poetry books, including Goblin Market and other Poems (1862) The Prince’s Progress (1866) and The Face of the Deep (1882). Her work was said to be influenced by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
