In recent years Christina Rossetti's star has soared. Now, as we
have reached the centenary of her death, Rossetti (1830-1894) is
considered one of the major poets -- not just one of the major
women poets -- of the Victorian era. Leading critics have
demonstrated how studies of Rossetti's work, her daily life, her
relationships with the Pre-Raphaelites, and her interactions with
other women authors of the period can help us understand the unique
cultural situation of Victorian women writers. When complete in
four volumes, this project will make available all of Rossetti's
extant letters, almost two-thirds of which have never been
published.
The letters in this second volume "expose a woman of powerful
intellect, complex emotions, unshakable convictions, and loving
heart." Rossetti, forty-three years old in 1874, is now an
established poet with a strong literary reputation among her
contemporaries. But, as Harrison points out in his introduction to
the volume, "two thirds of her life was over, and its losses were
mounting." The marriage of William Michael, the death of her
sister, Maria, Dante Gabriel's addiction to chloral and the illness
that led to his death in 1882, and the deaths of close personal and
family friends overshadow these years. Her own affliction with
Graves' disease contributed to her becoming reclusive and a
semi-invalid. She nonetheless continued to work and publish.
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