Title To build a shadowy isle of bliss : William Morris's radicalism and the embodiment of dreams / edited by Michelle Weinroth and Paul Leduc Browne ; contributors Phillippa Bennett [and nine others]

Published Montreal, Québec : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2015 ©2015

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Description 1 online resource (411 pages, 23 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations Contents Introduction -- 1 William Morris's "Lesser Arts" and "The Commercial War" -- 2 Illuminating Divergences: Morris, Burne-Jones, and the Two Aeneids -- 3 Radical Tales: Rethinking the Politics of William Morris's Last Romances -- 4 Telling Time: Song's Rhythms in Morris's Late Work -- 5 The Pre-Raphaelite Tongue: The Politics of Antiquarian Poetics -- 6 Translation, Collaboration, and Reception: Editing Caxton for the Kelmscott Press -- 7 Morris's Road to Nowhere: New Pathways in Political Persuasion -- 8 A Dream of William Morris: Communism, History, Revolution -- 9 News from Nowhere Two: Principles of a Sequel -- 10 Redesigning the Beautiful: Morris, Mabb, and the Politics of Wallpaper -- Conclusion Summary Focuses on the political radicalism and social thought of nineteenth-century artist, author, and revolutionary, William Morris. Standing on the cusp of a new wave of scholarship, this book presents an exciting convergence of views among internationally renowned scholars in the field of Victorian Studies Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 29, 2015) Subject Morris, William, 1834-1896 -- Political and social views Morris, William, 1834-1896 -- Aesthetics SUBJECT Morris, William, 1834-1896 fast Subject Radicalism -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Social change -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century Social change -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Art -- Political aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Art -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Aesthetics, British -- 19th century. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. Aesthetics Aesthetics, British Art -- Political aspects Art and society Political and social views Radicalism Social change Great Britain Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book Author Browne, Paul Leduc, editor Weinroth, Michelle, editor Bennett Phillippa, contributor ISBN 9780773596979 0773596976 0773544607 9780773544604

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