Connecting with Christina Rossetti in post-war Italy in The Lost Dresses of Italy by M. A. McLaughlin
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I'm speaking today with M. A. McLaughlin, author of The Lost Dresses of Italy listed in the Textile Arts category on Art In Fiction.
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Overview of the story of The Lost Dresses of Italy as a dual time novel taking place in 1947 and 1864 and inspired by a three-week trip to Italy taken by Victorian poet Christina Rossetti
Poetry of Christina Rossetti and why it has endured
Christina's sonnet sequence Monna Innominata as inspiration for the plot
Combining a costume history and design with the story of Christina's time in…
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