The Routledge Companion to William Morris

• Main Author: Boos, Florence S.
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York Routledge 2021; Taylor and Francis; Taylor & Francis Group
• Edition: 1
• Series: Routledge Art History and Visual Studies Companions
• Subjects: 19th Century Literature; Art & Visual Culture; arts and crafts; avant garde; Avant-Garde Art; book design; British History; British Literature; Business practices; Conservation - Environment Studies; Decorative artwork; Design History; England; environmentalism; History of Art; interior design; literature; Marxism; Marxism & Communism; Medieval architecture; Modern History 1750-1945; Morris, William, 1834-1896 > Criticism and interpretation; nineteenth century; Poetry; Political activism; Pre-Raphaelites; preservation; romance literature; social theory; Socialism; Translation; travel writing; utopia literature; Victorian studies; William Morris; Young Man; Red Lion Square; East Window; Kelmscott House; Earthly Paradise; Kelmscott Press; SPAB; Calligraphic Manuscripts; Wondrous Isles; Kelmscott Manor; Stained Glass; Kelmscott Chaucer; Sundering Flood; Red House; Water House; Socialist League; Wall Hangings; Kelmscott Press Edition; Natural World; Wardour Street English; Golden Wings; Devon Great Consols; Emery Walker; John Ball; WILLIAM MORRIS
• ISBN: 0415347432; 0367560887; 9780415347433; 9780367560881
• DOI: 10.4324/9781315229416

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 activities: 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.