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William Morris and the aesthetic constitution of politics / Bradley J. Macdonald.
Van Pelt Library PR5087.P6 M33 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Macdonald, Bradley J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Morris, William, 1834-1896--Political and social views.
- Morris, William.
- Morris, William, 1834-1896.
- Aesthetics--Political aspects--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Aesthetics.
- Politics and literature--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Politics and literature.
- Art--Political aspects.
- History.
- Aesthetics--Political aspects.
- Political and social views.
- Great Britain.
- Art--Political aspects--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Art.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1837-1901.
- Politics and government.
- Aesthetics, British--19th century.
- Aesthetics, British.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 175 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, [1999]
- Summary:
- In this book, Bradley Macdonald offers a brilliant reappraisal of one of the most influential and revered British intellectuals of the Victorian age. William Morris was, by turns, an artist, writer, social critic, and political radical. Here, Macdonald focuses on the interplay between Morris' aesthetic vision and his socialist ideology. He argues compellingly that, because these two sides of Morris' personality have generally been examined by art or literary historians and social theorists respectively, their integral relationship has often been lost sight of.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 The Question of Cultural Politics 1
- Chapter 2 The Great Exhibition and the Class Politics of Art 25
- Chapter 3 Towards a Political Economy of Art: John Ruskin and the Representation of Labor in Aesthetic Theory 43
- Chapter 4 Constituting the Aesthetic Self: Medievalism, Pre-Raphaelitism, and Morris's Early Aesthetic Education 75
- Chapter 5 Aesthetic Theory and Political Subjectivities: Morris's Lectures on Art 101
- Chapter 6 The Political Theory of William Morris: Revolutionary Socialism, Utopian Practicalities, and the Beauty of Life 123
- Conclusion: Morris and Western Marxism 151.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-167) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0739100556
- OCLC:
- 40675033
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