rossetti context Flashcards
1
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when did augusta webster write her poem?
A
- “a cast away”
- 1870
- compared with from the antique that was never released in rossettis life time
- both show the struggles and confinement of a victorian woman no matter their economic status
2
Q
quote from “ a cast away”
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- “quiet is hell, i say, as if a woman, could bare to sit alone, quiet all day”
- “loathe herself, and sicken on her thoughts”
3
Q
when was from the antique written?
A
1854
4
Q
what did rossetti say on females in parliament?
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-“female M.Ps are only right and reasonable”
- however she refused to support women’s sufferage
5
Q
spck?
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- society for promoting christian knowledge
- 1879 “the man is the head of the woman, the woman the glory of the man”
6
Q
fallen women?
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- 1859 to 1870
- st mary magdalene’s penitentiary in highgate
7
Q
rossetti “we are not…
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…men or women, we are one
8
Q
religious crisis?
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- 1857
- didn’t view herself as worthy of jesus’ love
- “am i a stone”
9
Q
when did she end her engagement to james colinson?
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- 1850
- he became roman catholic
- she was a devoted high anglican
10
Q
when was “when i am dead my dearest” written?
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- 1848
- only 18 years old
- perfect example of her early morbidity
11
Q
when did rossetti leave school?
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- 1844
- had a nervous breakdown
- nervous breakdown in 1847 also
12
Q
when did her father die?
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- 1854
13
Q
when was shut out written?
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1856
14
Q
when was goblin market written?
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- 1859
- published 1862
15
Q
when did she reject john brett?
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- 1858
- no thank you john 1862
16
Q
when was she proposed to by charles cayley?
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- 1866
- religious circumstances
17
Q
when did rossetti die?
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- 1894
- diagnosed with breast cancer in 1892
- had suffered with graves disease most her life
18
Q
florence nightingale?
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- 1854 applied to volunteer with her sister eliza
- nurse the wounded from crimean war
19
Q
religious movements?
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- oxford movement
- tractarianism
- christ church, albany street since 1843
20
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soul sleep
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- when you die your soul sleeps
- tractarian
- inn in up hill represents a place for her soul to sleep
