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The Routledge Companion to William Morris

 
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William Morris (1834?96) was an English poet, decorative artist, translator, romance writer, book designer, preservationist, socialist theorist and political activist, whose admirers have been drawn to the sheer intensity of his artistic endeavors and efforts to live up to radical ideals of social justice.

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William Morris (1834?96) was an English poet, decorative artist, translator, romance writer, book designer, preservationist, socialist theorist, and political activist, whose admirers have been drawn to the sheer intensity of his artistic endeavors and efforts to live up to radical ideals of social justice.



This Companion draws together historical and critical responses to the impressive range of Morris?s multi-faceted life and activities: his homes, travels, family, business practices, decorative artwork, poetry, fantasy romances, translations, political activism, eco-socialism, and book collecting and design. Each chapter provides valuable historical and literary background information, reviews relevant opinions on its subject from the late-nineteenth century to the present, and offers new approaches to important aspects of its topic.



Morris?s eclectic methodology and the perennial relevance of his insights and practice make this an essential handbook for those interested in art history, poetry, translation, literature, book design, environmentalism, political activism, and Victorian and utopian studies.




"The Companion is an outstanding and extraordinary guide to all aspects of the reformer?s life and work, animated by the recognition that because of Morris?s versatile activities, no single scholar could ever attempt to research all aspects of the man. It has 22 chapters in over 600 pages with very fresh and fascinating visual material, including over 120 mostly unpublished images."


--Five Books

Table of Contents:
 

Introduction. Visions Not Dreams: Morris as Designer, Socialist, Entrepreneur, Poet . . .


Florence S. Boos


Part I: Morris?s Life, Family, and Environs



1. Morris?s Biographies


Michael Robertson



2 Business in the Creative Life of William Morris?


Charles Harvey, Jon Press and Mairi Maclean?



3. Morris, Family, and the Woman Question


Florence S. Boos



4. 'Kelmscott Manor. Mr Morris?s Country Place' (1871?1896)


Julia Griffin



5. 'What came we forth for to see that our hearts are so hot with desire': Morris and Iceland


Martin Stott


Part II: Art: Preservation, Interior Design, and Adaptations


6. Morris and Architecture


Christopher Miele



7. William Morris and Stained Glass


Jim Cheshire



8. William Morris and Interior Design


Margaretta S. Frederick



9. William Morris and the Culture Industry: Appropriation, Art, Critique


Compiled by David Mabb


Part III: Literature: Poetry, Art, Translation, and Fantasy


10. A Question of Ornament: Poetry and the (Lesser) Arts


Elizabeth Helsinger



11. Making Pictures: Morris's Pre-Raphaelite Poetics and Its Reception


David Latham


12. William Morris and the Classical Tradition


William Whitla



13 A Very Animated Conversation on Icelandic Matters: The Saga Translations of William Morris and Eiríkr Magnússon


Paul Acker



14. Rewilding Morris: Wilderness and the Wild in the Last Romances


Phillippa Bennett



15. Windy, Tangible, Resonant Worlds: The Nonhuman Fantasy of William Morris


John Plotz


Part IV: Literature and Socialism


16. William Morris and British Politics: From the Liberal Party to the Socialist League


Frank C. Sharp



17. News from Nowhere in the Museum of Literary Interpretations


Tony Pinkney



18. Literature and Socialism of the Commonweal


Elizabeth Carolyn Miller



19. Desire and Necessity: William Morris and Nature


Patrick O?Sullivan



20. Morris and Marxist Theory


Owen Holland



Part V: Books: Collecting and Design



21 William Morris?s Book Collecting


Yuri Cowan



22. William Morris and the Kelmscott Press: Towards an Aesthetics of Environment 


Nicholas Frankel