Selected Poems of Christina Rossetti

Christina Rossetti (1830-1894) was in sense the first poet of the pre-Raphaelites, her Goblin Market and Other Poems (1862) having been - as if by accident - the writing from that group which first caught public attention. It contains many of her best poems. Later work - devotional poems, love lyrics and descriptive pieces - extended the themes and forms of the first remarkable collection. It is remarkable, but in a quiet and intense way, not in the manner of those who seem to have learned from her among her contemporaries. In this selection C. H. Sisson presents a wide range of her work and in his biographical and critical introduction suggests fresh perspectives on it.