The life and poetry of Christina Rossetti reveal one of the most distinctive voices in Victorian literature. Born in London in 1830, she became celebrated for her lyrical poems, religious writing, children’s verse and the extraordinary narrative poem Goblin Market. Her best-known works include Remember, A Birthday, Up-Hill, No, Thank You, John and the Christmas…

Who was William Blake, and why does his work remain important more than two centuries after his lifetime? Born in London in 1757, Blake was an English poet, artist, engraver and religious visionary whose extraordinary imagination challenged conventional ideas about literature, art, society and spirituality. Today, he is celebrated for poems such as The Tyger,…