William Morris and the Garden City

• Published in: Ecology and the Literature of the British Left pp. 125 - 136
• Main Author: Vaninskaya, Anna
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Routledge 2012
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Great Global Warming Swindle; Graeco Roman Pastoral; Vincent Van Gogh; Fine Day; Young Man; Gogh; Garden City; Lewis Grassic Gibbon; Wild Geranium; Welwyn Garden City; Thunder Storm; Ad Astra; Animal Kingdom; Final Lesson; Wigan Pier; Poisonous Substances

The phenomenon of the Garden City represented a union of three contradictory aspects: Howard's inspirational vision, the business reality and what came to be known as the 'spirit of the place'. Although the green paradigm, most faithfully embodied in the modern eco-village, was not de...