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when was some ladies dress in muslin full and white written?
1848
how old was Rossetti when she wrote some ladies dress?
18
when was some ladies published?
1896 collection New Poems. not till after her death
who is some ladies dress critical of?
- society’s expectation of women and men
- their fashions, snobberies
- swipes at materialism
who invited Rossetti to join the feminist movement?
Augusta Webster
what was Rossetti’s view on feminism?
against it, refused to join, believed men and women had divinely ordained distinct roles
when was remember written?
1849
how old was Rossetti when she wrote remember?
19
what values of the time does ‘remember’ reflect?
victorian mourning, long periods,
what were the pre-raphaelites opinion on death?
accepted it, this was common
what did the Pre-Raphelites believe?
that material troubles weak in comparison to the struggles of the mind
when was echo written?
1854
how old was Rossetti when she wrote echo?
24
where and when was echo published?
in her first poetry collection (a goblin market and other poems) in 1862
why myth does echo relate to
greek myth
Narcissus and Echo
Narcissus gazed and fell in love with his reflection in a pond, while echo loved and yearned for him but was rejected.
why is the myth of Narcissus and echo relevant, the message of it?
refers to the souls continuation, repetitive longing
when was may written?
1855
how old was Rossetti when she wrote may
25
what is the personal context of may?
she was aging and ill when the poem was published, the themes are relevant.
happy childhood, soon became familiar with disease and death
when was a birthday written?
November 18th 1857, according to her notebooks
where and what year was a birthday first published?
Macmillian’s magazine in 1861
when was an apple gathering written?
1857
what romantic decision was an apple gathering written after?
broken up with James Collinson
why did she break off James Collinson?
flitting between Catholicism and Anglicanism, left them with irreconcilable differences