A captivating selection of enduring verse by one of the Victorian
era's most beloved poets
Christina Rossetti is unique among Victorian poets for the sheer range
of her subject matter and the variety of her verse forms. Weaving
connections between love and death, triumph and loss, heavenly joys and
earthly pleasures, Rossetti's poems startle the imagination with their
extraordinary truth, beauty, and intensity. This first fully annotated
collection, based on the definitive texts, brings together love lyrics,
sonnets, hymns, ballads, the vast body of her devotional poetry, and
fantasy poems like Goblin Market, Rossetti's terrifyingly vivid verses
for children.
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