![]() ![]() Maria Francesca, Christina's older sister, was intensely religious and eventually became a nun. William Michael Rossetti another brother, was a literary and art critic. Christina's brother, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, was a poet, a painter, and a prominent member of the artistic group called the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Rossetti was married to an English woman, and he continued to live in England because he couldn't return to Italy. Christina's father, Gabriele Rossetti, was an Italian political refugee. Christina Rossetti was the youngest child in a family of poets, artists, and philosophers. ![]() The Rossettis were an extraordinary family. "Goblin Market" is about two sisters, one of whom gets sick after eating bad goblin fruit, and is healed because of her sister's bravery. Not that it's uninteresting on the surface, or narrative, level. And guess what – this means there's plenty of work to be done digging up the good stuff. Christina Rossetti 's "Goblin Market," like most art by members of the Pre-Raphaelite group, is teeming with symbolism. ![]()
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