William Morris : romantic to revolutionary
This biographical study is a window into 19th-century British society and the life of William Morristhe great craftsman, architect, designer, poet, and writerwho remains a monumental and influential figure to this day. This account chronicles how his concern with artistic and human values led him to cross what he called the river of fire and become a committed socialistcommitted not only to the theory of socialism but also to the practice of it in the day-to-day struggle of working women and men in Victorian England. While both the British Labor Movement and the Marxists have venerated Morris, this legacy of his life proves that many of his ideas did not accord with the dominant reforming tendencies, providing a unique perspective on Morris scholarship
collective biographies
1 online resource (xlix, 825 pages)
9781604868432, 9781604868418, 1604868430, 1604868414
829202765
Cover; Copyright; CONTENTS; Foreword to the 2011 Edition; Foreword to the 1976 Edition; List of Abbreviations; PART ONE WILLIAM MORRIS AND THE ROMANTIC REVOLT; I Sir Launcelot and Mr Gradgrind; II Oxford-Carlyle and Ruskin; III Rossetti and the Pre-Raphaelites; IV Th e First Joust with Victorianism; PART TWO THE YEARS OF CONFLICT; I William Morris and the Decorative Arts; II Th e Poetry of Despair; III "Love is Enough"; IV Hope and Courage; V Action; VI Th e 'Anti-Scrape'; VII The River of Fire; PART THREE PRACTICAL SOCIALISM; I The First Two Hundred; II The First Propaganda; III The Split. IV The Socialist League, 1885-6: "Making Socialists"V The Socialists make contact with the masses, 1887-8; VI The Last Years of the Socialist League; VII Towards a United Socialist Party, 1890-96; PART FOUR NECESSITY AND DESIRE; Necessity and Desire; APPENDICES; I The Manifesto of the Socialist League; II William Morris, Bruce Glasier and Marxism; Postscript: 1976; Index
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