Selected Prose of Christina Rossetti 1998 edition

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [374]-401) and index. Biographical Note: David A. Kent teaches at Centennial College in Toronto. He edited The Achievement of Christina Rossetti and Christian Poetry in Canada. P. G. Stanwood is Professor of English at the University of British Columbia. He edited John Cosin's A Collection of Private Devotions and Henry More's Democritus Platonissans. Table of Contents: Acknowledgments * Introduction * List of Abbreviations * Part I: Fiction * "Maude" * From "Commonplace, and Other Short Stories: " "Commonplace," "The Lost Titian," "Nick," "Pros and Cons" * "Speaking Likenesses" * From "The Dawn of the Day" "Two Sketches" * Notes * Part II: Miscellaneous Prose * Selections from the "Imperial Dictionary of Universal Biography: " "Leopardi" and "Petrarch" * From "Churchman's Shilling Magazine: " "Dante: An English Classic" * From "Century Magazine: " "Dante: The Poet Illustrated out of the Poem" * "The House of Dante Gabriel Rossetti" * Notes Part III: Devotional Prose * From "Annus Domini" * From "Seek and Find" * From "Called to be Saints" * From "Letter and Spirit" * From "Time Flies" * From "The Face of the Deep" * Notes * Select Bibliography * IndexPublisher Marketing: Christina Rossetti, one of the best known and loved of Victorian poets, is finally emerging from comparative critical obscurity due to a late-twentieth-century rediscovery of women writers and a renewed interest in Victorian culture. However, although Rossetti's poetry is readily available, her prose works remain largely ignored. Selected Prose of Christina Rossetti is the first book to address this deficiency by making accessible selections from reliable texts illustrative of her prose in its three modes: fiction, nonfiction, and devotional. Publisher Marketing: Christina Rossetti is one of the best known and loved of Victorian poets, yet only recently has she emerged from comparative critical obscurity. This is partly due to a late 20th-century rediscovery of women writers and partly because of a renewed interest in Victorian culture. Although Rossetti's poetry is readily available, her prose works have remained largely ignored. "Selected Prose of Christina Rossetti" is the first book to address this deficiency by making accessible reliable texts illustrative of all her prose. The editors have collected selections of Rossetti's prose in its three modes: fiction, non-fiction, and devotional. Rossetti wrote prose all her life, beginning with fiction, and continued with moral tales, stories for children, and thoughtful articles on such literary figures as Petrarch, Dante, and Leopardi. But above all else, she wrote devotional books. She wrote six religious works, first the brief "Annus Domini" and lastly the massive work on the Apocalypse, "The Face of the Deep," published shortly before her death. This groundbreaking anthology helps to reveal Rossetti's deep personal faith while also illuminating nineteenth-century religious thought and spirituality. Review Citations:

Booklist 06/15/1998 pg. 1708 (EAN 9780312159030, Hardcover)

Library Journal 07/01/1998 pg. 91 (EAN 9780312159030, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Rossetti, Christina Georgina Christina Georgina Rossetti was born in London on December 5, 1830. Along with being a young poet, Rossetti also became an Italian professor at King's College, University of London. Rossetti's intense devotion to religion showed in her various works, including ""Uphill,"" her most famous work. Overall, Rossetti did not publish much, but she did submit her first volume of poetry, Goblin Market and Other Poems. Christina Georgina Rossetti died in London on December 29, 1894. Contributor Bio:  Kent, David A Kent teaches at Centennial College. Contributor Bio:  Stanwood, P G Stanwood is Professor of English at the University of British Columbia.