The Routledge companion to William Morris / edited by Florence S. Boos.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boos, Florence S., author.

Series:

Routledge art history and visual studies companions.

Routledge art history and visual studies companions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Morris, William.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (597 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2025.

Place of Publication:

Oxfordshire : Routledge, 2020.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

"William Morris (1834-96) was an English poet, decorative artist, translator, romance writer, book designer, preservationist, socialist theorist and political activist, whose admirers have been drawn to the sheer intensity of his artistic endeavors and efforts to live up to radical ideals of social justice. This Companion draws together historical and critical responses to the impressive range of Morris's multi-faceted life and endeavors: his homes, travels, family, business practices, decorative artwork, poetry, fantasy romances, translations, political activism, eco-socialism, and book collecting and design. Each chapter provides valuable historical and literary background information, reviews relevant opinions on its subject from the late-nineteenth century to the present, and offers new approaches to important aspects of its topic. Morris's eclectic methodology and the perennial relevance of his insights and practice make this an essential handbook for those interested in art history, poetry, translation, literature, book design, environmentalism, political activism, and Victorian and utopian studies"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Table of Contents

List of illustrations

List of contributors

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Visions Not Dreams: Morris as Designer, Socialist, Entrepreneur, Poet …

Part I: Morris's Life, Family, and Environs

Part II: Art: Preservation, Interior Design, and Adaptation

Part III: Literature: Poetry, Art, Translation, and Fantasy

Part IV: Literature and Socialism

Part V: Books: Collecting and Design

Note

Part I Morris's Life, Family, and Environs

Chapter 1 Morris Biographies

Notes

References

Chapter 2 Business in the Creative Life of William Morris

Introduction

The Morris Family in Business

Morris and the Firm

Morris the Business Leader

Establishing the Morrisian Community of Taste

Morris as Cultural Icon

The Kelmscott Press

Conclusion

Chapter 3 Morris, Gender, and the Woman Question

The Women in Morris's Life

Morris and Socialist Feminism

Patterns in Morris's Literary Portrayals of Women

Selected Bibliography

Chapter 4 'Kelmscott Manor. Mr Morris's Country Place' (1871-1896)

The Question of Sources

PART I. Literature Review: State of Knowledge on Morris at Kelmscott

PART II. New Study on Morris's Relationship with Kelmscott

Acknowledgements

References and Further Reading

Chapter 5 'What came we forth for to see that our hearts are so hot with desire': Morris and Iceland

Synopsis

Introduction: Why Morris Went to Iceland and Why It Matters

Iceland in the Victorian Imagination

Earlier Discussions of the Icelandic Journals

The Personal and the Spiritual

The Journalist, the Poet and the 'Travel Writer'

Morris's Impact in Iceland

Sustaining Morris's Legacy.

The 1960s Revival of Fantasy Fiction

Morris the 'Travel Writer' Rediscovered

Morris's Influence on Fantasy Genres: Literature, Games, Comics and Film

Iceland Today

Bibliography of Readings and Works Cited

Part II Art: Preservation, Interior Design, and Adaptation

Chapter 6 Morris and Architecture

Literature Review

Chapter 7 William Morris and Stained Glass

Morris's Role in the Manufacture of Windows

Art, Decoration and Medievalism: The Status of the Medium

All Saints Selsley

All Saints Middleton Cheney

St. John, Torquay

The Later Years

List of Works Cited

Chapter 8 William Morris and Interior Design

Design in Britain 1850

William Morris and Design

Morris, Marshall, Faulkner &amp

Co. (1861-1875)

Morris &amp

Co. (1875-1940)

Chapter 9 William Morris and the Culture Industry: Appropriation, Art, Critique

1 Gardens

2 The Red House

3 The William Morris Gallery

4 Kelmscott House

5 Kelmscott Manor

6 Morris &amp

Co.

7 The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings

8 The Bauhaus

9 William Morris and the Atom

10 Morris Kitsch

11 Jewel Point

12 Big Red Propeller

13 Announcer

14 We sit starving amidst our gold

15 Love is Enough: William Morris &amp

Andy Warhol

16 The World Stage: Jamaica

17 'I do not want art for a few any more than I want education for a few or freedom for a few'

Part III Literature: Poetry, Art, Translation, and Fantasy

Chapter 10 A Question of Ornament: Poetry and the (Lesser) Arts

Chapter 11 Making Pictures: Morris's Pre-Raphaelite Poetics and Its Reception

References and Further Reading.

Chapter 12 William Morris and the Classical Tradition

Formation

Translations

Adaptations

Polemics

Calligraphy: Horace and Virgil

Chapter 13 A Very Animated Conversation on Icelandic Matters: The Saga Translations of William Morris and Eiríkr Magnússon

Chapter 14 Rewilding Morris: Wilderness and the Wild in the Last Romances

Wild Writing

Wild Places

Wild Selves

Wild Societies

Chapter 15 Windy, Tangible, Resonant Worlds: The Nonhuman Fantasy of William Morris

Hope, But Not For Us

Disconnections

Subcreation and Secondary Worlds

Battle of the Books

After Morris

Conclusion: The Case for Anemia

Part IV Literature and Socialism

Chapter 16 William Morris and British Politics: From the Liberal Party to the Socialist League

William Morris and the Liberal Party 1876-1883

The Shift to Socialism

Morris's Engagement with Politics as a Socialist

Further Reading

Chapter 17 News from Nowhere in the Museum of Literary Interpretations

Objects

Role of William Guest

Genre

Characters

Gothic

Chapter 18 William Morris and THE Literature and Socialism of the Commonweal

The Pilgrims of Hope

A Dream of John Ball

News from Nowhere

Works Cited:

Further Reading:

Chapter 19 Desire and Necessity: William Morris and Nature

Development of Morris's 'Green' Thought

Chapter 20 Morris and Marxist Theory

I. Marx, Morris and the Socialist Movement in Fin-de-Siècle Britain

II. 'Socialism from the Root Up'.

III. Romanticism and Marxism: Morris's and Marx's Elective Affinities

IV. Alienation, Production and Sensuous Emancipation

V. Revolution, Dual Power and the Transition beyond Capitalism

Part V Books: Collecting and Design

Chapter 21 William Morris's Book Collecting

Chapter 22 William Morris and The Kelmscott Press: Towards an Aesthetics of Environment

References and Further Reading: William Morris and the Kelmscott Press

Index of Proper Nouns

Index of Places

Index of Selected Titles of Creative Works.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-315-22941-2

1-351-85900-5

9781315229416

OCLC:

1202880341