Reclaiming William Morris: Englishness, Sublimity, and the Rhetoric of Dissent

Reclaiming William Morris: Englishness, Sublimity, and the Rhetoric of Dissent
ISBN-10
0773514392
ISBN-13
9780773514393
Category
History
Pages
302
Language
English
Published
1996
Publisher
McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Author
Michelle Weinroth

Description

A study providing a theoretical, historical, and exegetical analysis of the impassioned yet decidedly marginal propagandist texts of early 20th century English communists. Weinroth argues that the communists struggled to retain Morris's Englishness while promoting his political doctrine, thereby placing themselves in a paradoxical situation: they could not grip the masses without the aesthetic appeal of Englishness, but Englishness was imbued with the very imperialism they abhorred. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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