- Hardcover: 416 pages
- Publisher: W&N (11 Nov 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0460878751
- ISBN-13: 978-0460878753
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,460,803 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Pre-Raphaelite artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti's paintings and drawings are much better known today than his poetry, yet he didn't think of himself as an artist in the first instance. "My own belief," he wrote, "is that I am a poet primarily, and that it is my poetic tendencies that chiefly give value to my pictures." Painting made him money, but what he called "unprostituted" artistic impulses into his verse. Given the power and beauty of so much of Rossetti's poetry, and the range of influence he exerted on a variety of writers, from his own contemporaries as well as 20th-century figures like TS Eliot and Ezra Pound, it is nothing short of astonishing that there is no complete edition of his writing in print at the moment. Jan Marsh's handsome single volume, published as a companion to her excellent biography Dante Gabriel Rossetti,rectifies this situation superbly. All Rossetti's poems, and a number of examples of short fiction and critical writing, are here, including the whole of "The House of Life" (1880), poems published posthumously and unpublished notebook fragments. Marsh provides a short but useful introduction, and her notes are efficient and lucid, providing necessary elucidation in a spare manner that doesn't distract from the verse itself. The bibliography is to-the-point and helpful (although a strange modesty has resulted in the omission of Marsh's own biography from the listings). The whole thing is as excellent a showcase for Rossetti's poetic genius as could be conceived: Marsh manages to avoid falling into the trap that snares too many editors these days, where the author becomes merely a pretext for foisting editorial opinions and attitudes. This is a Rossetti designed to be read, and not before time. --Adam Roberts
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'Exemplary... [Marsh] catches the pathos of a man who has for too long been parodied or put down.' (THE TIMES )
'Marsh is ideally placed to write this biography... She brings to life the painter and poet.' (THE HERALD ) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
'Marsh is ideally placed to write this biography... She brings to life the painter and poet.' (THE HERALD ) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti was born on 12 May 1828, and baptized into the Church of England at All Souls, Langham Place, a fashionable church in central London. Read the first page
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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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This scholarly biography gives an insight into the thinking of the Pre-Raphaelite circle, particularly with respect to symbolism and medievalism in Pre-Raphaelite art. Jan Marsh has written a fascinating account of the life of DG Rossetti, the most charismatic personality of the group if not the most technically brilliant. At the same time, she offers insights into the lives of Ruskin, Millais, Hunt, Elizabeth Siddal and the Anglo-Italian Rossetti family. In the middle of the Victorian era, Rossetti was anything but a Victorian. Like Oscar Wilde, he put his talent into his work and reserved his genius for his life. The biography is therefore very much worth reading.
10 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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This scholarly biography gives an insight into the thinking of the Pre-Raphaelite circle, particularly with respect to symbolism and medievalism in Pre-Raphaelite art. Jan Marsh has written a fascinating account of the life of DG Rossetti, the most charismatic personality of the group if not the most technically brilliant. At the same time, she offers insights into the lives of Ruskin, Millais, Hunt, Elizabeth Siddal and the Anglo-Italian Rossetti family. In the middle of the Victorian era, Rossetti was anything but a Victorian. Like Oscar Wilde, he put his talent into his work and reserved his genius for his life. The biography is therefore very much worth reading.
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A genius of a poet, a genius of an editor
27 Mar 2001
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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.
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