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White Rose and the Red
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White Rose and the Red Hardcover - 2009 - 1st Edition

by H. D. (Writing as Delia Alton); Alison Halsall (Editor)


From the publisher

Never before published, White Rose and the Red is the fictional biography of Elizabeth Siddall, wife of English poet and painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti. This extraordinary novel explores the charged interpersonal relationships between and among Siddall, Rossetti, and other key members of the pre-Raphaelite movement, including William Morris and John Ruskin. During H.D.'s lifetime, publishers shied away from the novel's radically unconventional hybrid form that combines elements of historical nonfiction, fiction, and biography. As part of the dense and allusive prose trilogy written during and after World War II (along with The Sword Went Out to Sea and The Mystery), White Rose and the Red exemplifies the mythic theme that H.D. saw as unifying all her writing. It also examines how Siddall - a controversial muse and model - came to become the iconic figure of an artistic movement.

Details

  • Title White Rose and the Red
  • Author H. D. (Writing as Delia Alton); Alison Halsall (Editor)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 341
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University Press of Florida
  • Date 2009-09
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780813033709 / 0813033705
  • Weight 1.59 lbs (0.72 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.61 x 6.43 x 1.16 in (24.41 x 16.33 x 2.95 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Biographical fiction, Authors' spouses
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009011117
  • Dewey Decimal Code 813.52

About the author

H.D. (born Hilda Doolittle, 1886-1961) was an American writer who lived in London before, during, and after World War II. Many of her novels were written under the pseudonym Delia Alton. Alison Halsall is adjunct professor of English literature at York University, Toronto.