William Morris: Romantic to Revolutionary
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| Rating | : | 4.11 (642 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0804715092 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 829 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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"A highwayscribery "Book Report"" according to Stephen Siciliano. "History has remembered the kings and warriors because they destroyed; Art has remembered the people because they created."William MorrisWilliam Morris sits atop the house of history like a weathervane turning against the prevailing winds rather than with them.One of the earliest British socialists, he abhorred modernity. An entrepreneurial spirit of manifold passions, he preferred the Middle Ages to the Renaissance.To the manor born (18A highwayscribery "Book Report" "History has remembered the kings and warriors because they destroyed; Art has remembered the people because they created."William MorrisWilliam Morris sits atop the house of history like a weathervane turning against the prevailing winds rather than with them.One of the earliest British socialists, he abhorred modernity. An entrepreneurial spirit of manifold passions, he preferred the Middle Ages to the Renaissance.To the manor born (183A highwayscribery "Book Report" Stephen Siciliano "History has remembered the kings and warriors because they destroyed; Art has remembered the people because they created."William MorrisWilliam Morris sits atop the house of history like a weathervane turning against the prevailing winds rather than with them.One of the earliest British socialists, he abhorred modernity. An entrepreneurial spirit of manifold passions, he preferred the Middle Ages to the Renaissance.To the manor born (1834), cultivated as an effete poet with other rich and eccentric boys (Edward Burne-Jones, Dante Gabriel Rossetti)of the "Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood" at Oxford, Morris spent his middle- and old-age . ), cultivated as an effete poet with other rich and eccentric boys (Edward Burne-Jones, Dante Gabriel Rossetti)of the "Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood" at Oxford, Morris spent his middle- and old-age . A highwayscribery "Book Report" Stephen Siciliano "History has remembered the kings and warriors because they destroyed; Art has remembered the people because they created."William MorrisWilliam Morris sits atop the house of history like a weathervane turning against the prevailing winds rather than with them.One of the earliest British socialists, he abhorred modernity. An entrepreneurial spirit of manifold passions, he preferred the Middle Ages to the Renaissance.To the manor born (1834), cultivated as an effete poet with other rich and eccentric boys (Edward Burne-Jones, Dante Gabriel Rossetti)of the "Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood" at Oxford, Morris spent his middle- and old-age . ), cultivated as an effete poet with other rich and eccentric boys (Edward Burne-Jones, Dante Gabriel Rossetti)of the "Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood" at Oxford, Morris spent his middle- and old-age . A monumental study of a great socialist idealist Roughly two-thirds of the book's main text (762 pages) are devoted to the last thirteen years of Morris' life, with 210 pages - a quarter of the book - given to a massively detailed account of the six and a half years from 188A monumental study of a great socialist idealist Ralph Blumenau Roughly two-thirds of the book's main text (762 pages) are devoted to the last thirteen years of Morris' life, with 210 pages - a quarter of the book - given to a massively detailed account of the six and a half years from 1884 to 1890 in which Morris was involved with the Socialist League.Before that he had been preoccupied with other things - with the Firm he had established in 1861 to produce craft-produced furniture, tapestry, stained glass, tiles, and all manner of household articles. He had written about the philosophy behind this work: his disgust with mass-production and how this damaged the dignity of labour, with inauthe. to 1890 in which Morris was involved with the Socialist League.Before that he had been preoccupied with other things - with the Firm he had established in 1861 to produce craft-produced furniture, tapestry, stained glass, tiles, and all manner of household articles. He had written about the philosophy behind this work: his disgust with mass-production and how this damaged the dignity of labour, with inauthe. A Warehouse of Information on Morris, His Life, and His Work loce_the_wizard To chronicle the life of William Morris, his biographer, E.P. Thompson, purposely reminds the reader that the English Romantic period in literature strongly influenced Morris, from his childhood on. Tracing the steps of Morris' formal education, he documents how Morris was deeply affected by his studies of medieval art and literature and deeply influenced by the writings of both Carlyle and Ruskin, influences that had repercussions for the direction of Morris's artistic and political life.Thompson worked from a treasure trove of material: letters, public documents, articles about William Morris, and, of course, the vast collection
"Two impressive figures, William Morris as subject and E. P. Thompson as author, are conjoined in this immense historical study, and both of them have gained in interest since the first edition of the book was published." New York Times Book Review
E. P. He is the author of London Hanged: Crime and Civil Society in the Eighteenth Century. Thompson was an English historian, socialist, and author of Making of the English Working Class. Peter Linebaugh is a social historian and a professor at the University of Toledo. He lives in Toledo, Ohio.
Thompson brought to this biography his now trademark historical mastery, passion, wit, and essential sympathy. It remains unsurpassed as the definitive work on this remarkable figure, by the major British historian of the 20th century.. Both sides have been inclined to venerate Morris rather than to pay attention to what he said. William Morris-the great 19th century craftsman, architect, designer, poet and writer-remains a monumental figure whose influence resonates powerfully today. Many of his ideas accorded none too well with the reforming tendencies dominant in the Labour move