The Collected Letters of William Morris, Volume II, Part A: 1881-1884

The Collected Letters of William Morris, Volume II, Part A: 1881-1884
ISBN-10
0691632987
ISBN-13
9780691632988
Category
Art
Language
English
Published
2016-04-19
Author
William Morris

Description

The years covered in this volume, 1881 through 1888, are among the most vigorous in Morris's career. They record the sharp swing from optimism that public events can be affected by political ideas to disillusion about the people holding the ideas, and finally show the signs--in 1888--of a new, more personal, beginning and the reformulated purpose to come. Moreover, the letters, as always tell us who among Morris's friends and associates were most important to him in the years in which they were written. They also address several matters essential for an understandingof Morris: his definition of the word "political"; his shift from writing poetry to prose; and his complex of interests embracing language, narrative, and the decorative arts

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