The Pre-Raphaelites (Literary Studies) (Bibliography‪)‬

The sixth volume of D. G. Rossetti's letters, The Correspondence of Dante Gabriel Rossetti: The Last Decade, 1873-1882 (D. S. Brewer, Cambridge and the Modern Humanities Association), offers six hundred fifty-eight annotated letters from 1873 and 1874, as well as a number of useful appendices, such as "Rossetti's Relations with the Morrises," in which Robert C. Lewis reviews what is known about this charged topic, and "The Oil Versions of Rossetti's Proserpine," in which Allan Life considers the eight known versions of Rossetti's well-known portrait of Jane Morris as Proserpine holding a pomegranate. A separate section entitled "Completing Editors and Their Contributions" also offers helpful clarification of editorial responsibilities for the edition in the years following William E. Fredeman's death. In "Monna Innominata: Alexa Wilding," finally, Allan and Page Life tell us something of the life and character of the woman who became Rossetti's chief paid model, and whose face appears frequently in Rossetti's later canvasses. Rossetti gave Wilding a salary to prevent her from taking other employment, and she was often present at Kelmscott Manor, though Rossetti timed her visits carefully to avoid her co-residence with Jane Morris.