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Imagining Ophelia in Christina Rossetti's "Sleeping at Last".
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Victorian Newsletter
- Article date:
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March 22, 2007
- Author:
- Faraci, Mary
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Published posthumously and given the title, "Sleeping at Last," the verses were represented by William Rossetti as Christina Rossetti's final work. Diane D'Amico in "Christina Rossetti's Last Poem: 'Sleeping at Last' or 'Heaven Overarches'?" has raised questions about the date of composition. In the context of D'Amico's questions about William's notes, the poem returns to its character as untitled verses in Rossetti's handwriting. Rescuing the verses from being reduced to a statement from Rossetti, D'Amico answers her question about the last poem, "Sleeping at Last" or "Heaven Overarches," with respect for Rossetti's place in literary criticism: "In either case, the poem we ...