Goblin Market And Other Poems
Author(s): Christina Rossetti
Goblin Market and Other Poemswas Christina Rossetti's first full volume of poetry, published in 1862. The collection received widespread critical praise and established Rossetti as the foremost female poet of her time. Tennyson, Hopkins and Swinburne all admired her work. The title poem 'Goblin Market' is arguably her most famous, a fairy tale entwining themes of sisterhood, temptation and sexuality. This collection also includes 'Up-hill', an allegorical dialogue on life and death and 'Maude Clare', a ballad of a woman scorned.
General Information
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- : Penguin Books, Limited
- : Penguin Books, Limited
- : 0.216
- : 01 September 2017
- : 18.10 cmmm X 11.10 cmmm
- : 01 June 2017
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Christina Rossetti
- : Hardback
- : English
- : 821.8
- : 160
- : DCF
More About The Product
Christina Rossetti (1830-1894) was one of the greatest female writers of the nineteenth century. She was born in London into a remarkably creative family; her father was an exiled Italian revolutionary and poet and her brothers William and Dante Gabriel Rossetti were founding members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. In 1862 Rossetti published her first full collection of poetry, Goblin Market and Other Poems.