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 children's 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 &quote;The Convent Threshold,&quote; &quote;Up-hill,&quote; &quote;Cousin Kate,&quote; &quote;Winter: My Secret,&quote; &quote;Maude Clare,&quote; &quote;No, Thank You, John,&quote; and &quote;After Death.&quote;