The Rossettis In Wonderland: A Victorian Family History
The exiled Italian poet Gabriele Rossetti bequeathed his new home town with a remarkable cultural legacy through the accomplishments of his children. Painters, poets, scholars, and a nun, they shaped the artistic, literary, and spiritual communities that had first inspired them—the...
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The exiled Italian poet Gabriele Rossetti bequeathed his new home town with a remarkable cultural legacy through the accomplishments of his children. Painters, poets, scholars, and a nun, they shaped the artistic, literary, and spiritual communities that had first inspired them—the Pre-Raphaelites, Anglo-Catholics, Freemasons, and suffragists of nineteenth-century London.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781907822018 (1907822011)
Publish date: November 2011
Publisher: Haus Publishing
Pages no: 412
Edition language: English
Considering the fame of both Gabriel and Christina Rossetti, it is difficult for many people to remember the Rossettis were a family. This book details the family, with both the parents and other siblings getting a little more stage time. This isn’t to say that they get too much. T...