Christina Rosetti

She was born on december 5, 1830 London. Christina Rossetti was born to Gabriel Rosetti and Frances Polidori.

Rosetti and her family struggled to cope with her father's illnesses. In1843, he was diagnosed with persistent bronchitis and lost his sight.

Rossetti sat for Dante Rossetti's most famous paintings. In 1848, she was the model for the Virgin Mary, The Girlhood of Mary Virgin.

Rosetti wrote the following peoms and books:


Verses. London: private, 1847
1876 Author's revised edition
The Prince's Progress and Other Poems. London: Macmillan, 1866.
Goblin Market, The Prince's Progress, and other poems. London: Maacmillan, 1879.
Sing-Song: a Nursery Rhyme Book (1872, 1893)
Speaking Likenesses. London: Macmillan, 1874.
A Pageant and Other Poems (1881)
Verses. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1893.
New Poems London: Macmillan, 1896.
The Rossetti Birthday Book. London: private, 1896.
The Poetical Works of Christina Georgina Rossetti. Edited by William Michael Rossetti. London: Macmillan, 1904.
The Complete Poems of Christina Rossetti. Edited by Rebecca W Crump. 2 vols. to date. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1979-85.
Commonplace and Other Stories. London: Ellis, 1870.
Maude: A Story for Girls. London: Bowden, 1897.
Called to Be Saints. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1881.
"Dante, an English Classic." Churchman's Shilling Magazine and Family Treasury 2 (1867): 200-205.
"Dante. The Poet Illustrated out of the Poem." The Century (February 1884): 566-73.
The Face of the Deep. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1893.
Seek and Find: A Double Series of Short Studies of the Benedicte. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
Time Flies: A Reading Diary. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1885

Goblin Market

I like the fact that Rosetti described the fruit as tempting and inviting and I liked the fact that it is similar to what happened with Adam and Eve. The fruit is seen as good and bad, it's seen as good because it is inviting but it is forbidden, therefore it's evil. The different interpretations are interesting, like the way Laura's lock of golden hair is made to seem precious and she even cries (until she gets her fruits) and the way the Goblins' outer appearance shows goodness because they had 'voice of doves'. When they've got her trapped, the Goblins are no longer kind because they don't need to be. This is just like the way the Goblins' fruits look good on the outside and they probably taste nice, too, but the core is evil and eventually the appearance won't be enough and all that will be left is the evil.

paper on the floor

I think it was an interesting idea and it shows how much writers prepare and pre-plan their work before publishing and maybe then they have to check it again if they find mistakes. It seems like a very difficult process. I expected them to just write whatever came to their minds and then think about order and the 'boring stuff'. It seems like it's harder than it seems and someone can't just write a book/poem as it comes to them, as though it is a 'revelation', they have to think about every single bit of detail. Maybe now when I come across a book that I don't particularly like, I'll think about how hard it must have been to plan it and then maybe that will make me like it.