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William Michael Rossetti (1829–1919)

Author of The Pre-Raphaelites & Their World, a Personal View in Slipcase

33+ Works 296 Members 3 Reviews

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Includes the names: W. M. Rosetti, W.M. Rossetti, William Rossetti, William Michael Rosetti, William Michael Rosseti, William Michael Rosetti, William Michael Rossetti, ed. William Michael Rossetti, The Text Carefully Revised by William Michael Rose

Image credit: Julia Margaret Cameron (d. 1879)

Works by William Michael Rossetti

The Pre-Raphaelites & Their World, a Personal View in Slipcase (1995) 212 copies

Life of John Keats (2007) 13 copies

The germ thoughts toward nature in poetry, literature and art (2006) 11 copies, 1 review

The P.R.B. Journal: William Michael Rossetti's Diary of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood 1849-1853, Together with the Other Pre-Raphaelite Documents (1975) 6 copies

The Poetical Works of Henry W. Longfellow (1890) — Editor — 5 copies, 1 review

Ruskin: Rossetti: Preraphaelitism : papers 1854 to 1862 (1971) 4 copies

Pre-Raphaelite Diaries and Letters (1971) 4 copies

Fine Art Chiefly Contemporary (1970) 3 copies

Swinburne's poems and ballads : a criticism (1971) 3 copies

Dante Gabriel Rossetti as designer and writer (1970) 3 copies

American Poems (2007) 3 copies

Lives of Famous Poets (1971) 3 copies, 1 review

The Poetical Works of John Keats 2 copies

Italian courtesy-books : Fra Bonvicion da Riva's fifty courtesies for the table (Italian and English) with other translations and elucidations (2016) 2 copies

Life Of Keats By William Michael Rossetti (1887) 2 copies

The Poetical Works of Christina Georgina Rossetti 2 copies

Dante Gabriel Rossetti : his family-letters 2 copies

The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope 1 copy

The Family Letters of Christina Georgina Rossetti, with some Supplementary Letters and Appendices 1 copy

Dante Gabriel Rosetti - His Family Letters - with a Memoir by William Michael Rosetti Vol 2 1 copy

The Works of Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1 copy

A BOOK OF PRECEDENCE 1 copy

Poems of Felicia Hemans 1 copy

Bibliography of the Works of Dante Gabriel Rossetti (Classic Reprint) (2017) 1 copy

Poetical works of S. T. Coleridge : with biographical sketch 1 copy

Humorous poems 1 copy

Some Reminiscences (Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies) (Volume 2) (2013) 1 copy

Dante and his Convito : a study with translations 1 copy

The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth; Volume 1 (2018) 1 copy

Shelley Adonais (1918) 1 copy

A memoir of Shelley : (with a fresh preface) (1971) 1 copy

Some Reminiscences [2-volume set] 1 copy

Dante Gabriel Rosetti - His Family Letters - with a Memoir by William Michael Rosetti Vol 1 1 copy

Associated Works

The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott (1965) — Introduction, some editions — 667 copies, 4 reviews

The Poetical Works of William Cowper (1885) — Editor, some editions — 276 copies, 5 reviews

The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood (1986) — Editor — 71 copies

Pre-Raphaelite Circle: NPG Insights, The Pre-Raphaelite Circle (National Portrait Gallery Insights) (2005) — Featured Artist — 33 copies

The Illustrated Letters and Diaries of the Pre-Raphaelites (2018) — Contributor — 17 copies

The Germ: Literary Magazine of the Pre-Raphaelites (1850) — Foreword — 14 copies

The poetical works of Christina Georgina Rossetti : with memoir and notes, & c., (1924) — Editor — 12 copies

Cat Encounters: A Cat-Lover's Anthology (1979) — Contributor — 12 copies

poetical works of John Milton, The (2016) — Editor, some editions — 10 copies

Lewis Carroll: Interviews and Recollections (1989) — Contributor — 8 copies, 1 review

The Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1912) — Editor — 5 copies

The Poetical Works of William Blake: Lyrical and Miscellaneous (Classic Reprint) (2015) — Editor, some editions — 4 copies

Poems By Walt Whitman [ed. Rosetti] (2008) — Editor — 2 copies

The Works of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Edited with preface and Notes By William M. Rossetti. Revised and Enlarged Edition (1911) — Editor — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Birthdate: 1829-09-25
Date of death: 1919-02-05
Gender: male
Occupations: civil servant
art critic
editor
biographer
literary critic
Organizations: Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
The Germ (editor)
Relationships: Rossetti, Gabriele (father)
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (brother)
Rossetti, Christina (sister)
Rossetti, Maria Francesca (sister)
Meredith, Isabel (daughter)
Polidori, John William (uncle) (show all 8)
Brown, Ford Madox (father-in-law)
Polidori, Gaetano (maternal grandfather)
Nationality: UK
Birthplace: London, England, UK
Place of death: London, England, UK
Associated Place (for map): London, England, UK

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Poemblaze 277 reviews

Lives of famous poets by William Michael Rossetti

Rossetti's insights are quite modern. He foresaw Longfellow would bore future readers and Whitman would endure. This in 1878!

velvetink 1,432 reviews

The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by William Michael Rossetti

Belonged to my great grandfather, inscribed 'Jan Ist 1898'.
Needs restoration repairs. ;(

TRIARC 1,661 reviews

The Germ, thoughts towards Nature in Poetry, Literature and Art by William Michael Rossetti

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Works: 33
Also by: 14
Members: 296
Popularity: #79,167
Rating: 3.8

Reviews: 3
ISBNs: 35

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