Gabriel Rossetti Research Paper

Dante Gabriel Rossetti once dug up his wife’s grave to retrieve his lost poems; that is adumbrative of his dedication to writing and art. In London, England on May 12th, 1828, an Italian teacher gave birth to one of the best literary minds of all time, Dante Rossetti born Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti, his father, an Italian political refugee, and college professor(Riggs, 1998). Born into a family of talent, Dante was the second of four children in the Rossetti family, all four of which would go on to become successful authors(Bryson, Gaunt, 2018). Rossetti’s family and friends would ordinarily refer to him as Gabriel due to Gabriel being his birth name; however, on his publications, he would put Dante first as an ode to Dante Alighieri, …show more content…
Around the time of his publishing of “The Blessed Damozel,” Dante began translating the works of Dante Alighieri. Consequently, he adopted the dark characteristics of Alighieri and other early Italian writers and artists(“Dante,” 2017). Furthermore, Dante carried that style to his paintings, however, due to the public's disdain for symbolism and mythological art Rossetti’s paintings drew heavy criticism(“Dante,” 2017). As a result of this Dante turned to writing as a way to convey his art. Eventually, thanks to Dante Rossetti and his poems such as “The Blessed Damozel,” symbolic art and writing would flourish in England(Hutton, …show more content…
On Easter Sunday 1882, the great poet and artist Dante Rossetti died at a friend’s house where conversely, he had gone to vanquish his addiction(“Dante,” 2018). The man who had formed one of the most historically significant collections of authors and artists in The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, died from addiction, just as his wife did. The literary legend was laid to rest in the rural community of Birchington-on-Sea in Kent, England(Riggs,