Poems and Prose - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Christina Rossetti, Simon Humphries (Editor)Series:Oxford World's Classics (Paperback)Publish date:2008-12-15Pages:560
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780192807151ISBN-10:192807153UPC:9780192807151Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:European, Ancient & ClassicalBook Topic:English, Irish, Scottish, WelshSize:7.50 x 5.10 x 1.30 inchesWeight:0.8818Product ID:SC4DNT31AN
'The mystery of Life, the mystery
Of Death, I see
Darkly as in a glass...' Christina Rossetti (1830-94) is perhaps the most contradictory of the great Victorian poets. She writes of the world's beauty, but fears that it may be deceptive, even deadly. She is a religious poet, but much of her work is driven by uncertainty. Her poems are restrained, even secretive, but they seek nothing less than...
Of Death, I see
Darkly as in a glass...' Christina Rossetti (1830-94) is perhaps the most contradictory of the great Victorian poets. She writes of the world's beauty, but fears that it may be deceptive, even deadly. She is a religious poet, but much of her work is driven by uncertainty. Her poems are restrained, even secretive, but they seek nothing less than...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780192807151ISBN-10:192807153UPC:9780192807151Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:European, Ancient & ClassicalBook Topic:English, Irish, Scottish, WelshSize:7.50 x 5.10 x 1.30 inchesWeight:0.8818Product ID:SC4DNT31AN
Simon Humphries was formerly Fellow and Tutor in English at Trinity College, Oxford, and is now an independent scholar. His essays on Victorian literature have appeared in Victorian Poetry, eview of English Studies, and the TLS.
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