Includes key events that occurred in both Henrick Ibsen's life and Christina Rossetti's life, with comparisons for key analysis and dates included. Includes contextual details that link to these key events. Perfect for gaining a basic understanding of both poets to guide your analysis!
Key events in Rossetti’s life
YEAR OF REVOLUTIONS:
- 1848.
COMMUNIST MANIFESTO:
- 1848.
PRE-RAPHAELITE BROTHERHOOD FOUNDED:
- 1848.
ROSSETTI’S FIRST POEM PUBLISHED:
- 1848.
FIRST PRB PAINTING PUBLISHED THAT USES ROSSETTI AS THE MODEL:
- 1848.
THE CRIMEAN WAR:
- 1853/54.
ROSSETTI’S ATTEMPT TO VOLUNTEER:
- 1853/54.
BARBARA BODICHON AND WOMEN’S RIGHTS:
- 1853/54.
ROSSETTI VOLUNTEERING AT THE HIGHGATE ST MARY MAGDALENE’S HOME FOR
FALLEN WOMEN:
- 1859.
SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN FOUNDED BY JESSE
BOUCHERETT:
- 1859.
GOBLIN MARKET AND OTHER POEMS PUBLISHED:
- 1862.
BRITISH ELECTORAL AND SOCIAL REFORMS:
- 1860/70.
GROWTH OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS CAMPAIGNS:
- 1860/70.
CHALLENGES TO ‘THE ANGEL IN THE HOUSE’ AND THE TWO SPHERE MODEL:
- 1890.
ROSSETTI’S ENGAGEMENT:
- 1848: gets engaged to James Collinson, a member of the PRB.
- 1850: engagement broken off when James converts to Catholicism.
MARRIED WOMEN’S PROPERTY ACT:
- 1870 and 1882.
TWO SPHERE MODEL:
- Men and women have segregated roles within society: 'The Angel in the House' by
Coventry Patmore.
PAINTINGS OF ROSSETTI:
- 'Ecce Ancilla Domini': rising awkwardly from a bed as Angel Gabriel disrupts her
sleep and hands her a white lily.
- 'Christina Rossetti' (1866): avoiding male gaze
- 'The Rossetti Family' (1863): wanting to preach her perspective but is trapped (stair
rails covering her face).
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