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Category: Christina Rossetti

Christina RossettiPosted onDecember 5, 2016December 5, 2016

Goblin Market

“We must not look at goblin men, We must not buy their fruits:” Written in 1859 by  Christina Rossetti (sister to Dante Gabriel Rossetti), Goblin…

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Alexa WildingPosted onFebruary 4, 2016September 12, 2017

Rossetti’s Models

Like his Pre-Raphaelite brethren, Dante Gabriel Rossetti used live models in his works.  Throughout the course of his career, the same faces grace his canvasses,…

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BooksPosted onNovember 3, 2015October 4, 2018

Did Elizabeth Siddal inspire Bram Stoker?

In the early years of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, artist Walter Deverell discovered Elizabeth Siddal working in a millinery shop.  After modeling for his painting Twelfth…

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BooksPosted onOctober 8, 2015June 21, 2017

Hide Me Among the Graves

Tim Powers doesn’t write about your run-of-the-mill vampires.  His undead may feed upon you, but in return they will inspire words and poetry that you…

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Christina RossettiPosted onMay 26, 2015February 14, 2018

Love is a place

One of the benefits of an active reading life is that when you read not only for pleasure but for improvement, then similar themes in…

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BooksPosted onFebruary 18, 2015January 27, 2016

Lewis Carroll and the Pre-Raphaelites

Alice in Wonderland has a strong hold on our popular culture.  Over a century has passed since it and the sequel Through the Looking Glass…

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Burne-JonesPosted onDecember 17, 2014January 3, 2015

I stretch my hands and catch at Hope

According to myth, after Prometheus stole fire from the gods, Zeus wanted to punish mankind. He ordered Hephaistos and other gods to create a woman…

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Christina RossettiPosted onAugust 6, 2014September 26, 2017

Forbidden Fruit

Mauvais Sujet is not your stereotypical, chocolate-box-pretty Victorian portrait.  She’s almost uncomfortable to look at, as she is both very young and almost sensual. On…

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Arthur HughesPosted onNovember 12, 2012January 4, 2015

True Painters of Light

When the artist Thomas Kinkade rose to fame, I could net help but be irritated when he styled himself as the “Painter of Light” and…

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Christina RossettiPosted onJune 13, 2012January 4, 2015

Delightful! The Rossettis as cartoon characters

You know I love the Rossetti family, but I have never thought of them as adorable before.  Until I saw the illustrations of Chiara Moriconi,…

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Christina RossettiPosted onDecember 9, 2011December 9, 2011

Dinah Roe analysis of Christina Rossetti’s ‘In An Artist’s Studio’

One face looks out from all his canvasses, One selfsame figure sits or walks or leans; We found her hidden just behind those screens, That…

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Christina RossettiPosted onFebruary 1, 2011January 3, 2015

I Lock My Door Upon Myself

  Fernand Khnopff was not a Pre-Raphaelite painter, but I wanted to share his 1891 painting I Lock My Door Upon Myself which draws inspiration…

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Christina RossettiPosted onJanuary 5, 2010January 3, 2015

Old and New Year Ditties by Christina Rossetti

Christina Rossetti’s Old and New Year Ditties strike me as somewhat melancholy: 1 New Year met me somewhat sad: Old Year leaves me tired, Stripped…

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Christina RossettiPosted onNovember 14, 2009

A Diamond or a Coal?

I enjoy this poem by Christina Rossetti  for its simplicity and for its deeper meaning.  Taken from her book Sing-Song  which was published in 1893. …

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Christina RossettiPosted onNovember 12, 2009November 15, 2009

Goblin Market

It pains me that Christina Rossetti was completely overlooked and left out of the miniseries Desperate Romantics. Since the program has brought new visitors to…

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Christina RossettiPosted onAugust 26, 2009

Poetry Animation: Christina Rossetti’s The Echo

YouTube user poetryanimations has a haunting body of work.  I’ve embedded one of my favorites below, Christina Rossetti’s The Echo:

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Christina RossettiPosted onApril 8, 2009April 21, 2010

Christina Rossetti: Pre-Raphaelite Poetry

When discussing poetry and the Pre-Raphaelites, it is impossible not to think of Christina Rossetti.  Her brother, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, was one of the founding…

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Christina RossettiPosted onMarch 3, 2009March 23, 2009

An Echo from Willowwood

An Echo from Willowwood by Christina Rossetti “O ye, all ye that walk in Willowwood.” (D.G. Rossetti) Two gazed into a pool, he gazed and…

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Christina RossettiPosted onAugust 16, 2008March 23, 2009

Found via Youtube: When I am Dead My Dearest, Christina Rossetti

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Christina RossettiPosted onJanuary 30, 2008March 23, 2009

Sleeping At Last

Sleeping at last, the trouble and tumult over, Sleeping at last, the struggle and horror past, Cold and white, out of sight of friend and…

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Christina RossettiPosted onJanuary 15, 2008March 23, 2009

Remember

Remember, by Christina Rossetti REMEMBER me when I am gone away, Gone far away into the silent land; When you can no more hold me…

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Christina RossettiPosted onDecember 13, 2007December 19, 2007

Christina Rossetti’s ‘In the Bleak Midwinter’ Sung by Sarah Brightman

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Christina RossettiPosted onDecember 1, 2007March 23, 2009

Piteous My Rhyme

Piteous My Rhyme Christina Rossetti Piteous my rhyme is What while I muse of love and pain, Of love misspent, of love in vain, Of…

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Christina RossettiPosted onOctober 28, 2007October 28, 2007

Via YouTube:An Immurata Sister

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Christina RossettiPosted onOctober 25, 2007October 26, 2007

Pre-Raphaelite videos on YouTube this week:

I’d embed the video, but for some reason it’s messing up my layout: From my favorite youtube user vidlad, see Christina Rossetti’s “From the Antique”…

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