The last decade 1873-1882 : Kelmscott to Birchington

著者

• Rossetti, Dante Gabriel
• Fredeman, William E. (William Evan)
• Lewis, Roger C.

書誌事項

The last decade 1873-1882 : Kelmscott to Birchington

[Dante Gabriel Rossetti] ; edited by William E. Fredeman ; completed by Roger C. Lewis ... [et al.]

（The correspondence of Dante Gabriel Rossetti / edited by William Fredeman, v. 6-9）

D.S. Brewer, 2006-2010

• 1873-1874
• 1875-1877
• 1878-1879
• 1880-1882

注記

"With the Modern Humanities Research Association"

内容説明・目次

巻冊次

1873-1874 ISBN 9781843840602

内容説明

The sixth volume of Rossetti's correspondence covers a particularly energetic period of artistic activity and dealings with patrons, his new agent C.A. Howell, dealers and friends. Rossetti's return to Kelmscott in September 1872, following his breakdown and recovery charted in volume 5, commenced a period of artistic activity which was at its most energetic in the years 1873-1874. Because of the isolationof Kelmscott, he engaged C.A. Howell as his agent, and trusted him to find new buyers and assist in negotiations with his principal patrons. A complex character who " whirled us...in a tornado of lies", he could nevertheless sellpictures, negotiate with mercurial buyers and tolerate Rossetti's peremptory ways. We are fortunate, too, in having Rossetti's letters to the demanding patron Frederick Leyland. The letters demonstrate that in Leyland, Rossettimore than met his match, but neither the friendship nor the patronage foundered. Previously valued friends exhausted his patience: Swinburne, for example, is "the crowning nuisance of the whole world." At the same time,he unreservedly acknowledged debts and obligations, in particular to F.M. Brown and his brother William (to both of whom he owed "more in life" than to anyone else); and friends in need could always count on his generosity. WhenJames Hannay's death left his family in uncertain circumstances, Rossetti acted immediately: "I have no family of my own to provide for, & am therefore doubly bound to do what I can for an old friend's children."

目次

Recently Located Letters, 1835-1872 The Letters, 1873-1874 Appendix 1: Rossetti's Relations with the Morrises, 1868-1875 Appendix 2: The Oil Versions of Rossetti's Proserpine Appendix 3: Monna Innominata: Alexa Wilding

巻冊次

1875-1877 ISBN 9781843841340

内容説明

A period in Rossetti's life characterized by breakdown, disappointment, ill health and mounting problems with creditors and patrons. The period from 1875-77 covers the greater part of what Rossetti's brother William later characterized as "the chloralized years" when the amounts he took, usually accompanied by alcohol, eventually led to another breakdown and even alienated his old friend Ford Madox Brown for a time. In his mounting troubles with creditors, patrons, and various legal matters he depended more and more on Theodore Watts-Dunton. The sojourn at Aldwick Lodge, Bognor, from the fall of 1875 to July 1876, was marked by Rossetti's ever-deepening depression. The artist, who had perhaps hoped for another idyllic period with Janey Morris and her daughters in residence modelling for his paintings, musthave been bitterly disappointed. Fearing imminent death, he directed George Hake to make new provisions in his will, emphasizing the importance of burning all Janey's letters to him. Despite his physical condition, he nevertheless completed or began such major works as La Bella Mano, Astarte Syriaca, The Sea-Spell, The Blessed Damozel, and Mnemosyne amongst others, as well as a number of portraits. He also worked with Frederic Shields on his engraving project, and acquired a new patron in William A. Turner.

巻冊次

1880-1882 ISBN 9781843842279

内容説明

The latest volume of Rossetti's correspondence, scrupulously edited by a team of experts. On November 11, 1878, Rossetti wrote to Watts-Dunton: `Friday night exactly made a year since my return to London in 1877 & you know how well I have been the whole of that time.' Indeed, in 1878-79, Rossetti lived what might appear to be a more tranquil version of his first years at Cheyne Walk. The long breach with Ford Madox Brown finally ended, and he began to see his brother regularly again; and he managed to complete a number of commissions, and other paintings. However, as the correspondence collected here show, his depression was seldom far away; he was often unable to work. His repeated letters to Watts-Dunton and Shields, asking them to come over, reveal his need for companionship, preferably in his own home, that was a constant of his character. There are also a number of letters to Jane Morris.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA79989002
• ISBN:
  • 9781843840602
  • 9781843841340
  • 9781843841319
  • 9781843842279
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Cambridge, U.K. ; Rochester, N.Y.
• ページ数/冊数: 4 v.
• 大きさ: 25 cm
• 件名:
  • BLSH : Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882
• 親書誌ID:
  • BA58483854