![]() Rossetti was plagued by illness and depression, yet by the time of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s death in 1861, she was hailed as the next ‘female laureate’, and viewed as a natural successor. Many see elements of early feminism in her work Rossetti worked as a volunteer at a women’s refuge for former prostitutes. ![]() Her most famous poem, ‘Goblin Market’, is at first reading is a tale of two sisters and their misadventures with goblins, yet the work is multi-faceted, sexual and complex. ![]() Rossetti’s imagination is profoundly religious and Christian themes dominate her writing. However, by the 1970s Rossetti was rescued from obscurity and her poetry gained in popularity. Christina Rossetti’s poetry was largely ignored in the early part of the twentieth century, during the Modernist movement’s backlash against much Victorian writing. ![]()
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