| Description |
1 online resource (411 pages, 23 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- 1 William Morris's "Lesser Arts" and "The Commercial War" -- 2 Illuminating Divergences: Morris, Burne-Jones, and the Two Aeneids -- 3 Radical Tales: Rethinking the Politics of William Morris's Last Romances -- 4 Telling Time: Song's Rhythms in Morris's Late Work -- 5 The Pre-Raphaelite Tongue: The Politics of Antiquarian Poetics -- 6 Translation, Collaboration, and Reception: Editing Caxton for the Kelmscott Press -- 7 Morris's Road to Nowhere: New Pathways in Political Persuasion -- 8 A Dream of William Morris: Communism, History, Revolution -- 9 News from Nowhere Two: Principles of a Sequel -- 10 Redesigning the Beautiful: Morris, Mabb, and the Politics of Wallpaper -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
Focuses on the political radicalism and social thought of nineteenth-century artist, author, and revolutionary, William Morris. Standing on the cusp of a new wave of scholarship, this book presents an exciting convergence of views among internationally renowned scholars in the field of Victorian Studies. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Morris, William, 1834-1896 -- Political and social views.
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Morris, William, 1834-1896. |
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Political and social views. |
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Morris, William, 1834-1896 -- Aesthetics.
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Aesthetics. |
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Radicalism -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Radicalism. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Social change -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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Social change. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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1800-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Browne, Paul Leduc, editor.
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Weinroth, Michelle, 1959- editor.
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Bennett, Phillippa, contributor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: To build a shadowy isle of bliss : William Morris's radicalism and the embodiment of dreams. Montreal, Québec : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2015 xiii, 372 pages 9780773544604 |
| ISBN |
9780773544604 |
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9780773544611 |
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9780773596979 (e-book) |
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0773596976 |
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9780773596986 (e-pub) |
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0773544607 |
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9780773544604 |
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0773596984 |
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