who was christina rossetti and what is she famous for?

Answer 1

She was a poet in Victorian London

Where are the songs I used to know,
Where are the notes I used to sing?
I have forgotten everything
I used to know so long ago...
Christina Rossetti "The Key-Note"

Answer 2

Christina Georgina Rossetti (December 5, 1830 – December 29, 1894) was an English poet. Rossetti began writing at an early age but she was 31 before her first work was published — Goblin Market and Other Poems (1862). The title poem from this book is Rossetti's best known work.

Answer 3

She was a poet in the 19th century best known for her poem Goblin Market. The poem was often read to children, but some researchers have found that the poem can also be read as a not so thinly veiled erotic poem.

She was also heavily influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, a major movement in art consisting mainly of painters. Her brother, Dante Gabriel Rossetti was a major figure within this movement

Answer 4

Christin Rossetti was the sister of the Pre raphelite painter Gabriel Rossetti himself also a poet .
She her self was a poet her most famous works were Goblin Fair and Better that you should be happy and forget than remember and be sad . Quite high on the Emotional blackmail

Answer 5

The Pre-Raphaelite movement was actually centered on Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Holman Hunt, and John Everett Millais, who along with a few of their friends, formed a society called the "PRB" (Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood). The PRB was largely concerned with PAINTING, but also literature. The point was to return to an emphasis on detail and emotional intensity -- Dante was an accomplished artist, but he also had a literary bent, and often played literary games with his two sisters, Christina and Maria.

Christina went on to write poetry such as "The P.R.B." and "Goblin Market" in the PRB vein, and notably, was a model for her brother's early paintings "The Girlhood of Mary Virgin" and "The Annunciation" (see what she looks like in the source link). The PRB artists cultivated in their paintings the image of the Pre-Raphaelite Woman, which was a figure with copious hair (often red), red lips, and pale skin. Christina Rossetti, and Elizabeth Siddal (Dante's wife) were two primary models that helped establish this ideal. See DG's painting "The Blessed Damozel" or Millais' "The Bridesmaid" (see link). The PRB was an artistic coterie of writers and painters who were related to, friends with, and wrote about and drew each other.

Answer 6

She was a poet and sister of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, one of the founders of the pre Raphalite movement. They were from a seemingly remarkable family

Answer 7

Hi there.
The guys have mostly covered it, but Christina was one of the shining stars of literary women of the time (stories, articles and letters as well as poetry).
Her most famous work is that she wrote the poem "In the Bleak Midwinter", which had music added to become the christmas carol of the same name. Much better known than Goblin Fair!.
Cheers, Steve.

Answer 8

Goblin Market

Answer 9

she was an english poet (victorian era) & sister of dante gabriel rossetti (pre-raphaelite painter). she is mentioned a few times in the book "pre-raphaelites in Love" but the book (which is great) is mainly about her brother and other pre-raphaelite painters.

Answer 10

The people on your page have answered well, so I have nothing to add on that.

The thing about her, that amuses me, is she had a bit of a temper, and if someone didn't like her work, she would smash up the room...

She was a beautiful poet, and her work is poignant.