The Sin of Detection
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Production Description
Document Title: The Sin of Detection
Author: Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Date of composition: 1848
Type of Manuscript: fair copy
Collation: 1 page
Scribe: DGR
Provenance
Current Location: Duke University Library
Catalog Number: Rossetti Writings XXI. Eighteen Sonnets
Physical Description
Paper: white ruled
Dimensions of Document: 6 3/8 x 8 1/8 in.
Bibliography
- Baum,
Manuscripts in the Duke University Library, 14-16, 56-65.
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
Copyright: By permission of the Special Collections Library, Duke University
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Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
This is perhaps the only manuscript copy of the poem. It is one of the eighteen bouts rimés sonnets by DGR and (apparently) WMR preserved in the Duke University Library. The numbers heading each of the sonnets suggest that they are selected from a larger group, perhaps comprising at least forty-four sonnets.