{"product_id":"the-mostly-complete-poems-of-elizabeth-eleanor-siddal-9781948886482","title":"The (Mostly) Complete Poems of Elizabeth Eleanor Siddal","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiscover the poignant and powerful voice of a forgotten Victorian poet in The (Mostly) Complete Poems of Elizabeth Eleanor Siddal.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis beautifully produced hardback volume is the first popular edition to bring together all fifteen known, complete poems of Siddal (1829-1862), a significant figure in the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood who never saw her work published during her lifetime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Siddal was a multifaceted creative -- a Renaissance woman trapped in the long shadow of Queen Victoria. In the field of painting, she enjoyed considerable success, as one of the Pre-Raphaelites, acquiring the patronage of England's foremost art critic, John Ruskin, who dubbed her a genius and paid her a fortune for the right of first refusal to buy her new works. But her poetry career was ended before it had a chance to begin, cut short by her death from an overdose of laudanum at the age of 32, leaving behind a maelstrom of papers dubbed \"too hopelessly sad for publication\". \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer work languished for a century and a half before slowly being recognized as sophisticated, majestic, powerful and anything but too hopelessly sad for publication. Collected here for the first time in a widely available popular reading edition are all 15 of Siddal's known poems presented in a beautiful volume that does justice to her memory and her talent. This is a companion volume for \"This is Only Earth, My Dear: Images by Trillian Stars and Kyle Cassidy with poems by Elizabeth Eleanor Siddal.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Siddal\u003c\/b\u003e (1829-1862) was a painter and poet whose work, though largely forgotten, is filled with a power and beauty ahead of its time. As a significant figure in the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, she existed both in front of the pen and behind it, leaving behind a haunting legacy of artistic influence that continues to inspire those fortunate enough to discover it.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Beehive Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51500658098450,"sku":"9781948886482","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f7dfd0d5-2aad-4ad4-bb78-c7edaaa86fbe.jpg?v=1753196986","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-mostly-complete-poems-of-elizabeth-eleanor-siddal-9781948886482","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}