Christina Rossetti
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- Christina Rossetti(1830-1894)
- personal life
- Born 38 Charlotte street, near Regents Park London
- daughter of italian refugee
- father member of the carbonari(fought for Italian independence from Austria)
- farther professor of Italian at kings collage
- father member of the carbonari(fought for Italian independence from Austria)
- daughter of italian refugee
- 1845 she had a breakdown in her mental and physical health.
- suffered from 'angina pectoris'
- remained an invalid with this condition for some years
- suffered from 'angina pectoris'
- Born 38 Charlotte street, near Regents Park London
- she wrote from an early age
- first volume of poerty, verses, published 1847 expence of her grandfather
- 2 of her poems were published in the atheneum
- later that year engaged to be married to james collins(PRB)
- poems apreared in the germ a publicated by the PRB
- Collins resigned from PRB at the same time there engagement was terminated
- the Rossetti family moved to Camden town
- 1859- she volunteered at the st. Mary Magdalene penitentiary, where she supervised young reforming prositiutes
- first mayor successful publication goblin market & other poems- 1862
- second edition The Prince's progress & other poems- 1866 not as critically aclaimed
- 1872 - sing-song collection of nursery rhymes
- second edition The Prince's progress & other poems- 1866 not as critically aclaimed
- first mayor successful publication goblin market & other poems- 1862
- 1859- she volunteered at the st. Mary Magdalene penitentiary, where she supervised young reforming prositiutes
- the Rossetti family moved to Camden town
- Collins resigned from PRB at the same time there engagement was terminated
- poems apreared in the germ a publicated by the PRB
- later that year engaged to be married to james collins(PRB)
- 2 of her poems were published in the atheneum
- first volume of poerty, verses, published 1847 expence of her grandfather
- brother knew members of the PRB(group of young painters)
- challanged the artistic establishment, encouraged return to valued of painting
- brother was aflicted with paranoid mania- invalid for the rest of his life
- her writing became more overtly religious and didactic
- a pageant & other poems-1881 and the face of the deep were published by the society of the promotion of christan knowledge-1892
- she died 1894
- a pageant & other poems-1881 and the face of the deep were published by the society of the promotion of christan knowledge-1892
- her writing became more overtly religious and didactic
- personal life
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