The Correspondence of Dante Gabriel Rossetti 8: The Last Decade, 1873-1882: Kelmscott to Birchington III. 1878-1879.

by William E. Fredeman (Editor)

Overview

The latest volume of Rossetti's correspondence, scrupulously edited by a team of experts.

On November 11, 1878, Rossetti wrote to Watts-Dunton: ‘Friday night exactly made a year since my return to London in 1877 & you know how well I have been the whole of that time.' Indeed, in 1878-79, Rossetti lived what might appear to be a more tranquil version of his first years at Cheyne Walk. The long breach with Ford Madox Brown finally ended, and he began to see his brother regularly again; and he managed to complete a number of commissions, and other paintings. However, as the correspondence collected here show, his depression was seldom far away; he was often unable to work. His repeated letters to Watts-Dunton and Shields, asking them to come over, reveal his need for companionship, preferably in his own home, that was a constant of his character. There are also a number of letters to Jane Morris.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781843841319
Publisher:	Boydell & Brewer, Limited
Publication date:	08/20/2009
Series:	Gallica Series , #9
Pages:	428
Product dimensions:	6.77(w) x 9.61(h) x (d)