PREFACE

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. PREFACE IX
3. CONTENTS XI
4. I . VICTORIAN ROMANTICISM AND CHRISTINA ROSSETTI 1
5. II. THE EARLY YEARS,1830-1848 8
6. III. RELIGION AND ART,1848-1851 33
7. IV. SOCIAL LIFE, FRIENDSHIPS, AND LOVE, 1851-1876 54
8. V. WILLIAM MICHAEL AND DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI 79
9. VI .TORRINGTON SQUARE,1876-1894 92
10. VII. THE ART OF CHRISTINA ROSSETTI HER METHOD OF WORK AND ATTITUDE TO HER ART HER STYLE AND DICTION 120
11. VIII. THE UNAPPARENT WORLD VISION, ALLEGORY, SYMBOL GHOSTS AND GOBLINS 138
12. IX . POEMS OF THE MATERIAL WORLD AND OF THE PERSONAL LIFE 160
13. X. POEMS AND TALES FOR CHILDREN; SHORT STORIES 179
14. XI . THE QUEST FOR THE INFINITE 190
15. BIBLIOGRAPHY 213
16. INDEX 223
17. VITA 231