A collectible new Penguin Classics series: stunning, clothbound
editions of ten favourite poets, which present each poet's most famous
book of verse as it was originally published. Designed by the acclaimed
Coralie Bickford-Smith and beautifully set, these slim, A format volumes
are the ultimate gift editions for poetry lovers.
Goblin Market and Other Poems was 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.