William Morris and the Classical Tradition

• Published in: The Routledge Companion to William Morris Vol. 1; pp. 302 - 331
• Main Author: Whitla, William
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Routledge 2021
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Alliterative Morte Arthure; Virgil’s Aeneid; Translatio Studii; Golden Psalter; Kelmscott House; Philip III; Sir Gawain; Family Copy; Earthly Paradise; Edward III; Translatio Imperii; Book III; Thomas Twyne; Wardour Street English; Jason’s Quest; Jason Story; Kelmscott Press; Golden Fleece; Classical Epics; Morris’s Translation; Empress Of India; Social Democratic Federation; Calligraphic Manuscripts

This chapter outlines William Morris’s often ambivalent relationship to the classics of Greece and Rome by examining five categories: first, his formation in the classics; second, his direct translation of them; third, his adaptations of the classics; fourth, their influence on his polemical writing...