Edited by William E. Fredeman
This nine volume edition will become the definitive collection of extant Rossetti correspondence, an outstanding primary witness to the range of ideas and opinions that shaped Rossetti’s art and poetry. The largest collection of Rossetti’s letters ever to be published, it features all known surviving letters by Rossetti, a total of almost 5,800 to over 330 recipients, and selected letters to him. In addition to this, about 100 drawings taken from within letter texts are also reproduced. In its entirety the collection will give an invaluable and unparalleled insight into Rossetti’s character and art, and will form a rich resource for students and scholars studying his life and work.
The correspondence has been transcribed from collections in sixty-four manuscript repositories containing Rossetti’s letters to his companions in the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Hunt and Stephens; friends such as Boyce and Bell Scott; his early patrons, Ellen Heaton and James Leathart; and his publisher friend, Alexander Macmillan. An additional twenty-two printed sources have also been accessed. Indexes accompany each of the three parts and there are extensive annotations.
William E. Fredman (1928-1999) was professor of English at the University of British Columbia from 1956-1991. He died in 1999 with this edition almost completed; An editorial committee chaired by Betty Fredeman has been formed to see it through the press.
The best of these letters, flowing rapidly from his pen, radiate charisma and enthusiasm, warmth and care for his friends, and a total engagement with art and literature.
— BURLINGTON MAGAZINE
The Correspondence of Dante Gabriel Rossetti
The Formative Years, 1835–1862
Charlotte Street to Cheyne Walk
Culminating in the death of Elizabeth Siddal and Rossetti’s removal to 16 Cheyne Street, his last permanent residence.
I. 1835–1854, £125.00/$220.00 Available
II. 1855–1862, £125.00/$220.00 Available
The Chelsea Years, 1863–1872
Prelude to Crisis
Ending with breakdown and attempted suicide following Buchanan’s attack in The Fleshly School of Poetry.
III. 1863–1867, £125.00/$220.00 Available
IV. 1868–1870, £125.00/$220.00 Available
V. 1871–1872, £125.00/$220.00 Available
The Last Decade, 1873–1882
Kelmscott to Birchington
Concluding with his last letter, dictated four days before his death.
VI. 1873-1874, £125.00/$220.00 Available
VII. 1873-1882, £125.00/$220.00 Available
VIII. 1873-1882, £125.00/$220.00 Available
IX. 1873-1882 £125.00/$220.00 Available
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