The Collected Letters of William Morris: 1893-1896 - Couverture rigide

Morris, William

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0691044228 ISBN 13 : 9780691044224

Editeur : Princeton University Press, 1996

Synopsis

William Morris (1834-1896) was a protean figure who exerted a major influence as poet, craftsman, master printer and designer. This volume gives in detail the comments and observations that articulate Morris's problematic political and artistic stands and equally problematic position within the aesthetic movement as it developed in the 1890s. Also voiced are the complexities of his troubled marriage and his devotion to his daughters. However, dominating all these themes, are the Kelmscott Press and the biulding of Morris's library of medieval manuscripts and early printed books. The letters in this volume record the way in which the Press became not only the centre of Morris's aesthetic ambitions and achievements, but also the site for his closest human relations and for much of his connecting with the makers of early modernism. Included as appendices to this volume are two important documents: the first is F.S. Ellis's Valuation List of Morris's library, made after Morris's death; the second is the text of what was to be Morris's final essay on socialism, published in April 1896.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Princeton University Press
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0691044228
• ISBN 13: 9780691044224
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 392
• Éditeur: Kelvin Norman
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