context

Question 1

when was some ladies dress in muslin full and white written?

Answer 1

1848

Question 2

how old was Rossetti when she wrote some ladies dress?

Answer 2

18

Question 3

when was some ladies published?

Answer 3

1896 collection New Poems. not till after her death

Question 4

who is some ladies dress critical of?

Answer 4

• society’s expectation of women and men
• their fashions, snobberies
• swipes at materialism

Question 5

who invited Rossetti to join the feminist movement?

Answer 5

Augusta Webster

Question 6

what was Rossetti’s view on feminism?

Answer 6

against it, refused to join, believed men and women had divinely ordained distinct roles

Question 7

when was remember written?

Answer 7

1849

Question 8

how old was Rossetti when she wrote remember?

Answer 8

19

Question 9

what values of the time does ‘remember’ reflect?

Answer 9

victorian mourning, long periods,

Question 10

what were the pre-raphaelites opinion on death?

Answer 10

accepted it, this was common

Question 11

what did the Pre-Raphelites believe?

Answer 11

that material troubles weak in comparison to the struggles of the mind

Question 12

when was echo written?

Answer 12

1854

Question 13

how old was Rossetti when she wrote echo?

Answer 13

24

Question 14

where and when was echo published?

Answer 14

in her first poetry collection (a goblin market and other poems) in 1862

Question 15

why myth does echo relate to

Answer 15

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.

Question 16

why is the myth of Narcissus and echo relevant, the message of it?

Answer 16

refers to the souls continuation, repetitive longing

Question 17

when was may written?

Answer 17

1855

Question 18

how old was Rossetti when she wrote may

Answer 18

25

Question 19

what is the personal context of may?

Answer 19

she was aging and ill when the poem was published, the themes are relevant.
happy childhood, soon became familiar with disease and death

Question 20

when was a birthday written?

Answer 20

November 18th 1857, according to her notebooks

Question 21

where and what year was a birthday first published?

Answer 21

Macmillian’s magazine in 1861

Question 22

when was an apple gathering written?

Answer 22

1857

Question 23

what romantic decision was an apple gathering written after?

Answer 23

broken up with James Collinson

Question 24

why did she break off James Collinson?

Answer 24

flitting between Catholicism and Anglicanism, left them with irreconcilable differences

Question 25

is an apple gathering ‘confessional’?

Answer 25

no, her poems are not directly confessional, however, this poem has deep personal undertones.

Question 26

when was Maude Clare written?

Answer 26

1857

Question 27

social context of Maude clare and how this effects its portrayal

Answer 27

men and women roles became more defined, emphasis on feminine chastity and purity.
how these cultural expectations clash provide dramatic fuel for Maude Clare
breaks victorian Values !!!! yay!

Question 28

what social context is Lord Thomas in Maude clare applicable to

Answer 28

adhering to victorian norms

Question 29

what sociaal context is Maude Clare applicable to

Answer 29

breaking victorian norms

Question 30

personal context for up-hill

Answer 30

2 difficult romantic relationships, ill-health, family tragedy

Question 31

what year was up-hill written

Answer 31

1861

Question 32

how old was Rossetti when she wrote up-hill

Answer 32

31

Question 33

what poem anthology was up-hill published in, what was its place within it?

Answer 33

goblin Market and other poems, last poem

Question 34

what was Rossetti doing when she wrote up-hill and how did ti influence her work

Answer 34

volunteer work - St Mary Magdalene Penitentiary for fallen women
- highly religious atmosphere
- biblical illusions in last 2 stanzas of up-hill

Question 35

what faith was the majority of society

Answer 35

devoutly christian

Question 36

what faith does up-hill reflect?

Answer 36

rossetti’s anglo-catholic faith

Question 37

how might up-hill have been controversial to victorian contemporary readers?

Answer 37

implied acceptance to ‘all who come’ into the afterlife in the last quatrain, includes fallen women? (if the contextual influence is implied)

Question 38

when was the world published

Answer 38

1862

Question 39

when was the world written

Answer 39

1854

Question 40

what personal context is relevant to the world poem

Answer 40

after breaking off her engagement with James Collinson (religious reasons).

Question 41

how old was Rossetti when she wrote the world

Answer 41

24

Question 42

what year did Rossetti start volunteering at St Mary Magdalene penitentiary?

Answer 42

1859

Question 43

is there influences of her work at St Mary Magdalene penitentiary in her poem the world?

Answer 43

briefly, she hadn’t started work there yet. although the strength of her religious faith is just as prominent.

Question 44

what social concern did the world target

Answer 44

the Victorian concern about prostitution as a social evil