Name and date the movement which influenced Rossetti’s faith
The Oxford Movement; mid 1840s; shaped her lifelong Tractarian faith
Timeline of Rossetti’s father and how this may have affected her
- 1842-1853 ill
- 1854 died
Rossetti’s early exposure to mortality and suffering
Name and date the artistic movement Rossetti was closely associated with
- The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood - founded 1848 by her brothers, invited as ‘honorary member’ as women not allowed in
- Focus on nature, religious scenes, moralising themes
Name and date Rossetti’s illnesses and explain how this may have influenced her
- 1849 serious illness
- 1872 Graves’ disease
- 1893 breast cancer
- 1894 died
GRAPPLED WITH MORTALITY AND SUFFERING WHOLE LIFE
Who were Rossetti’s 3 fiancees and when did she reject them?
James Collinson - broke off proposal after converted to RC
John Brett - rejected 1858
Charles Cayley - rejected 1866
ALL ON RELIGIOUS GROUNDS
What poem highlights Victorian expectations of women?
- Patmore’s Angel in the House
- idealised domesticity, obedience and purity
When was Rossetti’s crisis of faith and how did this impact her?
1857 - spiritual anxiety and self-scrutiny deepends her fixation on sin, redemption and divine judgment
Name and date the place where Rossetti volunteered and explain how this may have impacted her
1859-1870 volunteered at St Mary Magdalene’s Penitentiary for Fallen Women
- saw double standard of women discarded for sin and men not
- reflects her pre-existing belief in redemption
Name and date the group which Rossetti engaged with revealing her protofeminist attitudes
early 1860s Langham Place Group (early women’s right group)
advocated for female education (Rossetti against at university level) and employment (Rossetti for)
