Dante Gabriel RossettiCritiques

The works of British painter and illustrator Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti (12 May 1828 – 9 April 1882). This is the digital edition of Book XCIII in The Zedign Art Series of monographs of the masters, published by The Zedign House. A dedicated webpage of Rossetti's book and artworks is maintained at https://books.zedign.com/zas/93.html

The beautiful, tragic, and influential poetry of Dante Gabriel Rosetti. Poems from 1870, sonnets and songs, "The House of Life, and others provides for the reader the best of this great poet.

Worn out, loose covers, from Linne, Index, Index to 1st lines. I knew he was a painter, didn't realize he was also a poet.

I saw Corpse Bride right after I read this sonnet sequence, so Burton's film is entangled with Rossetti's dead lady imagery in my mind. Also, this book inspired a couple sonnets of my own--helped me grow as a poet.

Fervido scrittore, pittore e artista sperimentatore, fondatore del movimento Preraffaellita, Rossetti fu ancorato ai canoni estetici del passato e contemporaneamente rivolto ad un linguaggio dell'arte del tutto nuovo. Questo libro riunisce aforismi, lettere, sonetti in grado di offrire un percorso conoscitivo eloquente per comprendere la sua opera e la sua visione della bellezza.

Read bits and pieces of it for college.

I have to admit, I'm not a big fan of poetry. But having said that, this collection of sonnets from Dante Gabriel Rosetti was an enjoyable read. Poems range from the very innocent to the incredibly intimate in content, but what I liked the most was the language used. It's easy to get lost in these words, and that's not a wholly unpleasant experience.

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Gift from Heather Woodger, Christmas 1978