The Collected Works of William Morris: With Introductions by His Daughter May Morris

The Collected Works of William Morris: With Introductions by His Daughter May Morris
ISBN-10
1108051154
ISBN-13
9781108051156
Series
The Collected Works of William Morris
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
416
Language
English
Published
2012-10-11
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Author
William Morris

Description

A creative titan of the Victorian age, William Morris (1834-96) produced a prodigious variety of literary and artistic work in his lifetime. In addition to his achievements as a versatile designer at the forefront of the arts and crafts movement, Morris distinguished himself as a poet, translated Icelandic sagas and classical epics, wrote a series of influential prose romances, and gave lectures promoting his socialist principles. His collected works, originally published in 24 volumes between 1910 and 1915, were edited by his daughter Mary (May) Morris (1862-1938), whose introductions to each volume chart with insight and sympathy the development of her father's literary, aesthetic and political passions. Volume 1 contains Morris' early verse, including The Defence of Guenevere (1858), as well as prose contributions to the short-lived Oxford and Cambridge Magazine.

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