Christina Rossetti was born in London on December 5, 1830. She was the youngest out of four kids in her family. Her father was an Italian poet and also a political exile. Rossetti's childhood was exceptionally happy. Her parents gave her so much affection and care. She was educated entirely at her home where she learned to speak English and Italian. She learned how to read French, Latin, and German. She was not intimidated by how good her siblings were, she was always surrounded by many scholars, authors, and artists. At the age of six she began to find her own talent in writing literature when she recited an original poem about a young girl named Cecilia and the gladiator. Her mother homeschooled her teaching her about classical and religious
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At age of seventeen a man named James Collinson proposed to her. He was a shy young painter. Christina accepted the proposal but later in 1850 broke off the engagement. She broke off the engagement because he reverted back to Catholicism. Later she refused a second proposal, because of his religious beliefs. Then she also refused a third marriage for unknown reasons. Christian was a major follower of Tractarianism an Anglo- Catholic branch of Christianity. In Rossetti's poetry God is always present, some times in the background. She wrote a good amount of devotional poetry. Rossetti navigated her love and admiration of another human being with her love for God. Her love for God always was higher for the love of another person. Rossetti expresses an emotional love in her poetry other than a sexualized love. In 1850, Christina wrote Maude: Prose and Verse, an autobiographical novel about her teenage years. Maude gave great insight into Christina’s young mind. In 1870, she published a set of short story fairy tales that were a big hit. She wrote many kid stories that resembled fairy tales. Kids were Christina’s main focus point to who she was going to write to. She mainly wrote to children to teach them good morals and how to keep and make
At age of seventeen a man named James Collinson proposed to her. He was a shy young painter. Christina accepted the proposal but later in 1850 broke off the engagement. She broke off the engagement because he reverted back to Catholicism. Later she refused a second proposal, because of his religious beliefs. Then she also refused a third marriage for unknown reasons. Christian was a major follower of Tractarianism an Anglo- Catholic branch of Christianity. In Rossetti's poetry God is always present, some times in the background. She wrote a good amount of devotional poetry. Rossetti navigated her love and admiration of another human being with her love for God. Her love for God always was higher for the love of another person. Rossetti expresses an emotional love in her poetry other than a sexualized love. In 1850, Christina wrote Maude: Prose and Verse, an autobiographical novel about her teenage years. Maude gave great insight into Christina’s young mind. In 1870, she published a set of short story fairy tales that were a big hit. She wrote many kid stories that resembled fairy tales. Kids were Christina’s main focus point to who she was going to write to. She mainly wrote to children to teach them good morals and how to keep and make