The Complete Poems (Penguin Classics)
Christina Rossetti (1830-1894), sister of the poet and painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti, was educated at home and shared her family's intellectual interests.  Ill-health ended her work as a governess and later made her an invalid.  Her poetry was first published in 1850 in the Pre-Raphaelite magazine, The Germ, and several volumes of poetry followed, demonstrating an extraordinary emotional and technical range.   Betty Sue Flowers is Professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin.