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Against the age : an introduction to William Morris / Peter Faulkner.

By: Faulkner, Peter.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Allen and Unwin, 1980Description: xi, 193 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0048090123 (hardback).Subject(s): Morris, William, 1834-1896 | Authors, English -- Biography | Artists -- England -- BiographyDDC classification: 745.092 MOR
Contents:
1. Early Life and Poetry, 1835-59 -- 2. The Firm and Poetry, 1860-70 -- 3. Iceland and Kelmscott Manor, 1871-7 -- 4. Into Politics, 1877-82 -- 5. Socialism, 1883-90 -- 6. The Last Stage, 1890-6.
Summary: "Students new to the work of William Morris will find the full range of his achievements covered in this reissue of Peter Faulkner's excellent biography, first published in 1980. The author has carefully placed Morris in the context of the Victorian age, but has also suggested the relevance of his ideas today. The six chapters are organised biographically and cover all aspects of Morris's work in poetry, fiction, design and socialist politics. The emphasis is on his continuous struggle against the age in which he lived, seen as an idealism which went through various stages from the wistfulness of The Earthly Paradise through the practical activities of the firm of Morris & Company to the socialism of Morris's later years. The book quotes freely from writings by Morris which are not easily accessible and gives an overall account from which the student can develop his specialist interests." -- Inside cover.
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Includes bibliography: pages 186-187 and index.

1. Early Life and Poetry, 1835-59 -- 2. The Firm and Poetry, 1860-70 -- 3. Iceland and Kelmscott Manor, 1871-7 -- 4. Into Politics, 1877-82 -- 5. Socialism, 1883-90 -- 6. The Last Stage, 1890-6.

"Students new to the work of William Morris will find the full range of his achievements covered in this reissue of Peter Faulkner's excellent biography, first published in 1980. The author has carefully placed Morris in the context of the Victorian age, but has also suggested the relevance of his ideas today. The six chapters are organised biographically and cover all aspects of Morris's work in poetry, fiction, design and socialist politics. The emphasis is on his continuous struggle against the age in which he lived, seen as an idealism which went through various stages from the wistfulness of The Earthly Paradise through the practical activities of the firm of Morris & Company to the socialism of Morris's later years. The book quotes freely from writings by Morris which are not easily accessible and gives an overall account from which the student can develop his specialist interests." -- Inside cover.