Goblin Market
Christina Georgina Rossetti
Hardcover
(Harrap, Jan. 1, 1971)
Christina Georgina Rossetti was part of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, along with her brothers Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William M. Rossetti. She served as a model for them, but also shared in that artistic community, with written contributions to The Germ, a Pre-Raphaelite journal. This poem was published in 1862 and helped establish her reputation, mainly as a writer for children. She wrote poems and religious books. Illness restricted her activities, perhaps adding to the intensity of feeling in her works. --This text refers to the Paperback edition. One hundred years ago, Rossetti was Britain's most popular poet, described by Virginia Woolf as "the first of our English Poetesses". 'Goblin Market' is her best-known poem.