Rossetti, Christina

Writing about that religiousity and sensuality in Christina Rossetti's "Goblin Market," Virginia Woolf once said: "Death, oblivion, and rest lap round your songs with their dark wave." But then, "a sound of scurrying and laughter is heard." And, Woolf says: "You pulled legs; you tweaked noses. You were at war with all humbug and pretence."

In the study of 19th-century Victorian literature, women writers like Jane Austen, the Bronte sisters, George Eliot, Elizabeth Gaskell, and Mary Shelley are fixtures in our imagination; but who are the other women writers of the period? What did they accomplish?

(1830-1894) British writer. Christina Rossetti was part of the Pre-Raphaelite movement in the Victorian period. Rossetti's family was very involved in literature and the arts. Read more about the life of Christina Rossetti.

(1830-1894) British writer. Christina Rossetti is now recognized as one of the greatest Victorian poets. She lived a reclusive life and wrote works like "Goblin Market," "A Birthday," and "Remember." Read more about the works of Christina Rossetti.

(1830-1894) British writer. Christina Rossetti was part of the Pre-Raphaelite movement, and famous for "Goblin Market," "A Birthday," "When I Am Dead," and "Up-Hill." Read more about the life and works of Christina Rossetti.

Read the collected works of Christina Georgina Rossetti.