William Morris
Artist, Writer, Socialist
2 Volume Set
Part of Cambridge Library Collection - Art and Architecture
- Author: May Morris
- Date Published: October 2012
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- format: Multiple copy pack
- isbn: 9781108054638
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A tireless champion of her father William, and a gifted designer and craftswoman in her own right, Mary (May) Morris (1862–1938) had a unique insight into his extraordinary career and creativity. It was she who undertook the exacting task of editing the twenty-four volumes of her father's collected works (also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection). In 1936, towards the end of her life, she published this supplementary two-volume work, which includes further writings and sympathetic commentary, revealing 'the development of a mind which was singularly of one piece, however many-sided'. Volume 1 addresses William Morris' artistic and literary achievements, containing introductory remarks and analysis, nearly fifty miscellaneous pieces on arts and crafts, and several unpublished poems, translations and letters. Volume 2 addresses Morris' political aims and ideals, opening with George Bernard Shaw's essay 'Morris as I Knew Him' and containing May's substantial assessment of her father's socialism.
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- Date Published: October 2012
- format: Multiple copy pack
- isbn: 9781108054638
- length: 1394 pages
- dimensions: 230 x 152 x 91 mm
- weight: 1.85kg
- contains: 6 b/w illus.
- availability: Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC
Table of Contents
Volume 1: Part I. The Art of William Morris: Introduction
1. The spring-time of the firm
2. Morris as a designer
3. Morris and his circle
4. Morris as an inspiration
5. Arts and crafts
Papers chiefly on art and the crafts
Part II. William Morris as a Writer: Introduction
1. Experiment
2. Dramatic verse
3. Narrative poetry
4. Love Is Enough
5. The influence of the north
6. Later years
Juvenilia
Poems of the 'Earthly Paradise' period
From the Icelandic
Appendix. Volume 2: Morris as I knew him G. B. Shaw
Part I. Introductory:
1. The background: country life
2. The background: the revolt against laissez-faire
Part II. Modern Socialism:
3. Hopes and fears
4. The beginnings of modern socialism
5. Early days as a socialist
6. Morris as a lecturer
7. The founding of the Socialist League
8. New lectures
9. Free speech in London
10. The aftermath
Part III. Politics and Socialism:
11. Commonweal notes
12. Socialism and anarchism
13. Socialism comes into politics
Lectures, articles and letters by William Morris
Appendices
Index to the complete works.
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