Soothsay (Princeton early fair copy manuscript)
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Production Description
Document Title: Commandments
Author: DGR
Date of composition: 1871
Type of Manuscript: fair copy
Provenance
Current Location: Princeton/Troxell Collection
Catalog Number: 23277
Physical Description
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
Copyright: Used with permission of Princeton University. From the Princeton
University Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections. All rights
reserved. Redistribution or republication in any medium requires express written
consent from Princeton University Library. Permissions inquiries should be
addressed to Associate University Librarian, Rare Books and Special Collections,
Princeton University Library.
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Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
This manuscript is the earliest text of the poem. It was sent to William Bell Scott in a letter of 13 August 1871, but is now physically separated from that letter. Both documents are in the Princeton Library.
Textual History: Composition
Composed sometime around late November or early December 1878.
Printing History
DGR never published this review.