Christina Rossetti

Christina Rossetti was an English poet.

Career

Despite a career that lasted thirty years, Christina Rossetti will perhaps be best remembered for her first poem, "Goblin Market." Though Rossetti insisted it was a children's poem, critics have considered it a commentary on religious, social, and sexual aspects of the Victorian Era.

Rossetti's wrote mainly children's poetry for the remainder of her life. In 1894, she died of cancer. Her work enjoyed a renaissance in the 1970s during feminist movements of that time.

Notable Works

Christina Rossetti Personal Timeline

  • December 5, 1830: Born

  • 1848: Engaged to James Collinson

  • 1850: Published in The Germ under pseudonym Ellen Alleyne

  • 1866: Refused Charles Cayley's proposal

  • December 29, 1894: Died

Christina Rossetti Publications Timeline

  • 1862: "Goblin Market"

  • 1866: The Prince's Progress and Other Poems

  • 1870: Commonplace

  • 1872: Singsong: A Nursery Rhyme Book

  • 1881: A Pageant and Other Poems

  • 1887: Uphill

  • 1893: Verses

  • 1895: New Poems

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