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Over 500 poems
included - twice as many, or more, as other selections |
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A largely
chronological arrangement so that poems written at the same time can
be seen side by side |
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All her
published and unpublished poems are fully represented |
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There are no
'extracts' - all poems included are complete poems.
The whole of Sing-Song is included |
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Basic facts are
given about every poem: its date (as far as known) and where first
published |
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Introductory
commentaries on all the major poems and on links between poems |
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Background
information on all poems which might be autobiographical |
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Her brother
William's notes included, sometimes personal, with comments on his
notes where debatable |
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Spacious
layout, easy on the eye, with no poems, except long ones, broken up
over the page |
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A
Foreword by
Frances Thomas, author of one of the best biographies of Christina
Rossetti in recent years |
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An essay on the
special characteristics of Rossetti's verse |
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Thorough
indexing so that every poem can be traced and seen in relation to its
first publication in a collected edition. |
