Dante Gabriel Rossetti: Collected Writings [Hardcover]

Jan Marsh (Editor)

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ISBN-10: 0460878751 | ISBN-13: 978-0460878753 | Publication Date: November 1999

This edition brings together all of Rossetti's writings published in his lifetime, including the early pre-Raphaelite tale "Hand and Soul" and his critical defence of his "fleshly" poems. It also includes a translation of Dante's "Vita Nuova", together with a selection from his English versions of Guido Cavalcanti, which introduced Ezra Pound to the medieval literature which formed the basis of his career. This study edition contains both texts and commentary.

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This smart collection . . . offers a new perspective on one of the 19th century's most renowned figures. (Virginia Quarterly Review ) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Dr Jan Marsh is a Pre-Raphaelite scholar, biographer and critic of international standing and associate of Newnham College Cambridge. She is the author of the admired Christina Rossetti: A Literary Biography and editor of the Everyman Paperback selection of poems and prose by Christina Rossetti. Dr Jan Marsh is a recognised authority on the Pre-Raphaelite circle. Educated at Cambridge and Sussex, she lectures and broadcasts widely as well as writing biograph

Product Details

• Hardcover: 542 pages
• Publisher: J M Dent & Sons Ltd (November 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0460878751
• ISBN-13: 978-0460878753
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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5.0 out of 5 stars A genius of a poet, a genius of an editor, March 27, 2001

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This review is from: Collected Writings of Dante Gabriel Rossetti (Hardcover)

Next to the glory of his paintings, it's easy to forget that Dante Gabriel Rossetti was a talented poet as well. It's easy to overlook his written work, even such classics as "Jenny" and "The Blessed Damozel", and the sonnets.

In this lovely anthology, Jan Marsh -- the foremost authority on the Pre-Raphaelite circle -- has collected and arranged Rossetti's writings. Buy this book, and sample the elegance of Victorian literature, and the genius of Rossetti.