Goblin Market and Other Poems

An important and often-quoted literary figure the English poet Christina Rossetti (1830–1894) wrote some of the most beautiful and voluptuous poetry in the English language. Like Emily Dickinson she lived in self-imposed isolation writing of God and lost love with a sensuality and passion that seemed to emanate from the soul.This edition of 53 works combines a number of her best-known sonnets ballads and shorter lyrics with her long masterpiece the narrative fable Goblin Market. A haunting fairy tale in verse Goblin Market was once labeled a childrens poem yet its intricate symbolism and themes of temptation sin and redemption mark it for an adult audience. Among other works included in this choice collection are The Convent Threshold Up-hill Cousin Kate Winter: My Secret Maude Clare No Thank You John and After Death.