ROSSETTI CONTEXT Flashcards
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Rossetti was from a talented Italian family
Her brother, Dante Gabriel was a painter in the pre-Raphelite movement
Rossetti was very religious, a high Anglican, Rossetti’s sister, Maria became a nun
Rossetti declined two marriages proposals because of their religion, James Collinson and Charles Cayley
Rossetti refused to marry Collinson because he converted to Catholicism during their engagement
Rossetti suffered from depression
Rossetti witnessed the double standards faced by women in the patriarchal Victorian era
Women who engaged in sexual activity before marriage, were regarded as ‘fallen women’ and were ostracised from society
Rossetti worked at the St Mary Magdalene High Gate Penitentiary For Fallen Women and saw that men bore no responsibility for their actions
Rossetti believed in the doctrine of Sleep-Soul, that after death, the soul is in suspended animation until the Second Coming of Christ
Rossetti believed that earthly pleasure must be sacrificed to achieve heavenly joy, refused marriage offers
Goblin Market, addiction to the ‘goblin juices’ Rossetti’s sister-in law, the wife of Dante, died of a laudanum overdose
As Rossetti grew older, she became more melancholy and religious
Rossetti died of breast cancer
Rossetti did not support female suffrage, religious, Bible, distinctions between men and women
