Goblin Market and Other Poems: Rossetti Christina (Penguin Clothbound Poetry) - Hardcover

Rossetti, Christina

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0241303060 ISBN 13: 9780241303061

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 2017

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author:

Christina Rossetti (1830-1894) was one of the greatest female writers of the nineteenth century. She was born in London into a remarkably creative family; her father was an exiled Italian revolutionary and poet and her brothers William and Dante Gabriel Rossetti were founding members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. In 1862 Rossetti published her first full collection of poetry, Goblin Market and Other Poems.

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About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0241303060
• ISBN 13: 9780241303061
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160