William Morris (Classic Reprint): An Address Delivered the 11th November 1900 at Kelmscott House, Hammersmith, Before the Hammersmith Socialist Society - Couverture souple

J. W. Mackail

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1331794692 ISBN 13 : 9781331794691

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from William Morris

When he went up to Oxford in his nineteenth year, Morris had already developed the strong lines of his character. The subtle admixture of blood, of which science can give no full ac count, had made him a born lover of the Mid dle Ages, and a born hater of the ages which followed them. In the boy who refused to go to London to see the Duke of Wellington's funeral in St. Paul's, and spent the day in a solitary ride through the Forest to the remains of Waltham Abbey, the Morris of later years maybeclearly seen. This reaction from modern tastes was reinforced by the strong wave of the anglo-catholic religious revival. That wave had but lately spread over England, and on families brought up, like his, in a narrow Evan gelical tradition, it acted as a powerful stimulating force. On its archalogiéal side, this in ?uence led him towards the study Of Gothic art. At Marlborough, with the aid Of the school library and all the specimens of ancient build ing within reach, he had made himself a good antiquarian, knowing, as he said himself after wards, most of what was to be known about English Gothic. Already as a boy he had ac quired a large and minute knowledge of trees, ?owers, and birds. The school system at Marl borough then left a boy free to use a great deal of his time as he liked. Close to it is the great forest of Savernake; all around it are the Wilt shire downs; and these surroundings were in complete harmony with his growing sense Of romance and love of beauty.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1331794692
• ISBN 13: 9781331794691
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 44
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