New Selected Poems
Mar 2020 · Carcanet Classics
Ebook
240
Pages
family_home
Eligible
info
About this ebook
Since C.H. Sisson's ground-breaking Selected Poems (Carcanet, 1984), Christina Rossetti's readership has burgeoned. Almost a century ago Ford Madox Ford claimed her as 'the most valuable poet that the Victorian age produced', and - as Valentine Cunningham recently declared - she now sits at top table with Tennyson, Browning, Hopkins and Barrett Browning. Feminist and queer scholars have since laid claim to Rossetti; but her Anglo-Catholic faith was never incidental to the power of even her most secular poems and is at the heart of her imaginative work. As an Anglican priest and poet, Rachel Mann in her selection appreciates Rossetti's ambition while attending, too, to recent scholarship that focuses on the religious, feminist and fantastical elements in her work.
Since C.H. Sisson's ground-breaking Selected Poems (Carcanet, 1984), Christina Rossetti's readership has burgeoned. Almost a century ago Ford Madox Ford claimed her as 'the most valuable poet that the Victorian age produced', and - as Valentine Cunningham recently declared - she now sits at top t...
About the author
Rachel Mann is an Anglican parish priest and writer. She was Poet-in-Residence at Manchester Cathedral between 2009 and 2017 and is the author of five books. Christina Rossetti (1830-1894) was born in London and educated at home. She was associated with the Pre-Raphaelites through her brother, Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Her first collection, Goblin Market and Other Poems (1862), was extremely successful and was followed by The Prince's Progress and Other Poems (1866) and A Pageant and Other Poems (1881). Christina Rossetti (1830-1894) was born in London and educated at home. She was associated with the Pre-Raphaelites through her brother, Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Her first collection, Goblin Market and Other Poems (1862) was extremely successful and this was followed by The Prince's Progress and Other Poems (1866) and A Pageant and Other Poems (1881). She also wrote a collection of verse for children and several essays about religion. Her eldest brother, William, brought out a complete collection of her poetry after her death, in 1904. Rachel Mann is an Anglican parish priest and writer. She was Poet-in-Residence at Manchester Cathedral between 2009 and 2017 and is the author of five books. Christina Rossetti (1830-1894) was born in London and educated at home. She was associated with the Pre-Raphaelites through her brother, Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Her first collection, Goblin Market and Other Poems (1862), was extremely successful and was followed by The Prince's Progress and Other Poems (1866) and A Pageant and Other Poems (1881). Rachel Mann is an Anglican parish priest and writer. She was Poet-in-Residence at Manchester Cathedral between 2009 and 2017 and is the author of five books, including Fierce Imaginings: The Great War, Ritual, Memory and God (DLT 2017). She is Visiting Fellow in Creative Writing and English at Manchester Metropolitan University. Her poetry was anthologised in Carcanet's New Poetries VII (2018) and her debut collection A Kingdom of Love was published by Carcanet in September 2019.
Rachel Mann is an Anglican parish priest and writer. She was Poet-in-Residence at Manchester Cathedral between 2009 and 2017 and is the author of five books. Christina Rossetti (1830-1894) was born in London and educated at home. She was associated with the Pre-Raphaelites through her brother, Da...
Rate this ebook
Tell us what you think.
Reading information
Smartphones and tablets
Install the Google Play Books app for Android and iPad/iPhone. It syncs automatically with your account and allows you to read online or offline wherever you are.
Laptops and computers
You can listen to audiobooks purchased on Google Play using your computer's web browser.
eReaders and other devices
To read on e-ink devices like Kobo eReaders, you'll need to download a file and transfer it to your device. Follow the detailed Help Center instructions to transfer the files to supported eReaders.
