William Morris (1) (1834–1896)
Autor(a) de News from Nowhere; or, An Epoch of Rest: Being Some Chapters from a Utopian Romance
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About the Author
Morris was the Victorian Age's model of the Renaissance man. Arrested in 1885 for preaching socialism on a London street corner (he was head of the Hammersmith Socialist League and editor of its paper, The Commonweal, at the time), he was called before a magistrate and asked for identification. He mostrar mais modestly described himself upon publication (1868--70) as "Author of "The Earthly Paradise,' pretty well known, I think, throughout Europe." He might have added that he was also the head of Morris and Company, makers of fine furniture, carpets, wallpapers, stained glass, and other crafts; founder of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings; and founder, as well as chief designer, for the Kelmscott Press, which set a standard for fine book design that has carried through to the present. His connection to design is significant. Morris and Company, for example, did much to revolutionize the art of house decoration and furniture in England. Morris's literary productions spanned the spectrum of styles and subjects. He began under the influence of Dante Gabriel Rossetti with a Pre-Raphaelite volume called The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems (1858); he turned to narrative verse, first in the pastoral mode ("The Earthly Paradise") and then under the influence of the Scandinavian sagas ("Sigurd the Volsung"). After "Sigurd," his masterpiece, Morris devoted himself for a time exclusively to social and political affairs, becoming known as a master of the public address; then, during the last decade of his life, he fused these two concerns in a series of socialist romances, the most famous of which is News from Nowhere (1891). (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Image credit: Portrait of William Morris, aged 53 by Frederick Hollyer.
Séries
Obras de William Morris
News from Nowhere; or, An Epoch of Rest: Being Some Chapters from a Utopian Romance (1890) 837 cópias
A Tale of the House of the Wolfings and All the Kindreds of the Mark Written in Prose and in Verse (1889) 139 cópias
Three Works by William Morris : A Dream of John Ball / The Pilgrims of Hope / News from Nowhere (1967) 64 cópias
The Story of the Volsungs, (Volsunga Saga) With Excerpts from the Poetic Edda (2000) — Tradutor — 34 cópias
On the Lines of Morris' Romances: Two Books That Inspired J. R. R. Tolkien-The Wood Beyond the World and the Well at… (2003) 24 cópias
More to William Morris: Two Books that Inspired J. R. R. Tolkien-The House of the Wolfings and The Roots of the… (2003) 19 cópias
William Morris Postcards : 24 Full-Color Ready-To-Mail Designs from the Collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum (1989) 15 cópias
Cómo vivimos y cómo podríamos vivir. Trabajo útil o esfuerzo inútil. El arte bajo la plutocracia (2007) 13 cópias
The Story of the Glittering Plain - A Book That Inspired Tolkien: With Original Illustrations (The Professor's… (2018) 7 cópias
William Morris - The Well at the World's End: "Have nothing in your house that your house that you do not know to… (2014) 4 cópias
Complete Works of William Morris 4 cópias
The Story of the Ere-Dwellers (Eyrbyggja Saga) With the story of the Heath-Slayings as Appendix Done Into English out… (2019) — Tradutor — 4 cópias
THE SAGA LIBRARY VOLUME I. THE STORY OF HOWARD THE HALT. THE STORY OF THE BANDED MEN. THE STORY OF HEN THORIR. (2010) 4 cópias
The Collected Works of William Morris: Volume 14. The House of the Wolfings. The Story of the Glittering Plain (2004) 4 cópias
The earthly paradise: a poem IV 4 cópias
The collected works of William Morris. Volume X. Three northern love stories. The tale of Beowulf (2000) 4 cópias
The Folk of the Mountain Door 3 cópias
Atalanta's Race, The Proud King, 3 cópias
The Story of Cupid and Psyche 3 cópias
The Story of the Volsungs (Volsunga Saga): With Excerpts from The Poetic Edda (Hardcover) (2018) 3 cópias
Some hints on pattern designing 3 cópias
The Collected Works of William Morris: Volume 1. The Defence of Guenevere; The Hollow Land (2000) 3 cópias
The Doom of King Acrisius 3 cópias
The Story of the Glittering Plain & Child Christopher (The William Morris Library Series) (1996) 3 cópias
Gertha's lovers : a tale 3 cópias
The Earthly Paradise: A Poem, Part III: Cupid and Psyche; The Writing on the Image; The Love of Alcestis (1870) 2 cópias
The collected works of William Morris. Volume XXI. The sundering flood. Unfinished romances 2 cópias
Reform and Revolution: Three Early Socialists on the Way Ahead (William Morris Library Series) (1996) 2 cópias
The Collected Works of William Morris: Volume 16. News from Nowhere. A Dream of John Ball. A King's Lesson (2004) 2 cópias
Stories from, The Earthly Paradise - Told in prose, with copious extracts in verse [The Masterpiece Library] The Penny… (1915) 2 cópias
Story of the Volsungs 2 cópias
The saga of Hen Thorir 2 cópias
SELECTED WRITINGS OF WILLIAM MORRIS 2 cópias
Note By William Morris on His Aims in Founding the Kelmscott Press, Together with a Short Description of the Press by… (1969) 2 cópias
English Floral Place Cards and Matching Napkin Holders in Full Colour: 12 Ready-to-Use Sets (From Stencils and… (1991) 2 cópias
The Life and Death of Jason, a Poem. One of 200 copies. 1 exemplar(es)
The Collected Works of William Morris, Vol. 8 (Classic Reprint): With Introductions by His Daughter; Journals of Travel… (2018) 1 exemplar(es)
William Morris : The Story of Cupid and Psyche, with illustrations designed by Edward Burne-Jones, mostly engraved on… 1 exemplar(es)
pages from The Earthly Paradise 1 exemplar(es)
Guenevere - Two Poems by William Morris 1 exemplar(es)
The Works of William Morris: The World of Romance, The Earthly Paradise, The Pilgrims of Hope, The Wood Beyond the… (2012) 1 exemplar(es)
The typographical adventure of William Morris : catalogue of! an exhibition arranged by the William Morris Society,… 1 exemplar(es)
Dagbækur úr Íslandsferðum 1871-1873 1 exemplar(es)
The Early Romances of William Morris 1 exemplar(es)
Notícias de ninguna parte 1 exemplar(es)
The Life and Death of Jason. (Abridged.) 1 exemplar(es)
The collected works of William Morris. Volume XXI. The sundering flood. Unfinished romances = The sundering flood 1 exemplar(es)
The collected works of William Morris. Volume XV. The roots of the mountains = The roots of the mountains 1 exemplar(es)
The collected works of William Morris. Volume XIV. The house of the Wolfings. The story of the glittering plain = The… 1 exemplar(es)
The collected works of William Morris. Volume XX. The water of the wondrous isles = The water of the wondrous isles 1 exemplar(es)
The collected letters of William Morris; Vol. II: 1881-1884, and 1885-1888. Gale Sigal, assistant editor. (1987) 1 exemplar(es)
News from Nowhere ... Pocket edition 1 exemplar(es)
Love is Enough [Folio Society Limited Edition (750)] 1 exemplar(es)
The Collected Works of William Morris, Vol. 8: With Introductions by His Daughter May Morris; Journals of Travel in… (2016) 1 exemplar(es)
The Message of the March Wind 1 exemplar(es)
Love is Enough 1 exemplar(es)
The Earthly Paradise vol. 2 1 exemplar(es)
The Story of the Unknown Church [short story] 1 exemplar(es)
The Earthly Paradise vol. 3 1 exemplar(es)
The Earthly Paradise vol. 1 1 exemplar(es)
Morris wallpapers and textiles 1 exemplar(es)
Ogier the Dane 1 exemplar(es)
Shameful Death [poem] 1 exemplar(es)
On first seeing Iceland 1 exemplar(es)
Two Red Roses Across the Moon [poem] 1 exemplar(es)
Pre-Raphaelite ballads, by William Morris, with many illustrations and decorative borders in black and white by H. M.… (1900) 1 exemplar(es)
William Morris: disegni e motivi decorativi 1 exemplar(es)
The art of the people; an address delivered before the Birmingham society of arts, February 19th, 1879 1 exemplar(es)
The Earthly Paradise: A Poem, Part VIII: The Golden Apples; The Fostering of Aslaug; Bellerophon at Argos 1 exemplar(es)
Selected Writings and Drawings 1 exemplar(es)
Five Arthurian Poems by William Morris: The Defense of Guenevere. The Kings Tomb. Sir Galahad, a Christian Mystery. The 1 exemplar(es)
The Earthly Paradise: A Poem, Part IV: The Lady of the Land; The Son of Croesus; etc. 1 exemplar(es)
The Earthly Paradise: A Poem, Part V: The Death of Paris; The Land East of the Sun and West of the Moon 1 exemplar(es)
The Earthly Paradise: A Poem, Part VII: The Lovers of Gudrun 1 exemplar(es)
The Earthly Paradise 1 - 3 1 exemplar(es)
The Earthly Paradise: A Poem, Part X: Bellerphon in Lycia; The Hill of Venus; The Epilogue 1 exemplar(es)
The earthly paradise, Vol. I. 1 exemplar(es)
Golden wings ; Svend and his brethren 1 exemplar(es)
Lindenborg Pool 1 exemplar(es)
The Earthly Paradise 7 - 9 1 exemplar(es)
The Earthly Paradise 4 - 6 1 exemplar(es)
The Water of the Wondrous Isles. Vol 1 1 exemplar(es)
Art and the people : a socialist's protest against capitalist brutality ; addressed to the working classes (2001) 1 exemplar(es)
Forgotten Fantasy #4 April '71 featuring The Hollow Land 1 exemplar(es)
The Lesser arts of life : an address delivered in support of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (2001) 1 exemplar(es)
Scenes from the Fall of Troy and other poems and fragments 1 exemplar(es)
The earthly paradise: a poem I 1 exemplar(es)
The earthly paradise: a poem II 1 exemplar(es)
William Morris, 1834-1896 : Persönlichkeit und Werk : (catalogue of an exhibition), Museum Bellerive, Zurich, 23.… 1 exemplar(es)
The Tale of the Emperor Coustans and of Over Sea 1 exemplar(es)
Illuminated book: The Hollow Land and Other Contributions to the Oxford and Cambridge Magazine by William Morris,… 1 exemplar(es)
De bron aan het einde van de wereld Deel 3 1 exemplar(es)
The Sundering Flood: "I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few." (2014) 1 exemplar(es)
Garden of delight. HAE WMM 101 1 exemplar(es)
The Earthly Paradise - Part 1: "The reward of labour is life. Is that not enough?" (2014) 1 exemplar(es)
The Sundering Flood Vol. I 1 exemplar(es)
Selection from the poems of William Morris 1 exemplar(es)
Kunde von Nirgendwo oder ein Zeitalter der Ruhe : Einige Kapitel aus einer utopischen Romanze (1991) 1 exemplar(es)
Tolkien Warriors-The House of the Wolfings: A Story that Inspired The Lord of the Rings (2013) 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas (1909) — Contribuinte, algumas edições — 1,473 cópias
The Best Poems of the English Language: From Chaucer Through Robert Frost (2004) — Contribuinte — 1,042 cópias
The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer (1400) — Designer, algumas edições; Ilustrador, algumas edições — 797 cópias
The Norton Anthology of English Literature, 4th Edition, Volume 2 (1979) — Contribuinte — 249 cópias
Tales Before Narnia: The Roots of Modern Fantasy and Science Fiction (2008) — Contribuinte — 114 cópias
The Road Not Taken and Other Poems (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) (2015) — Artista da capa, algumas edições — 73 cópias
The Dedalus Book of British Fantasy: 19th Century (European Literary Fantasy Anthologies) (1991) — Contribuinte — 45 cópias
Workers' Tales: Socialist Fairy Tales, Fables, and Allegories from Great Britain (2018) — Contribuinte — 41 cópias
Saga Six Pack 3 - The Story of Burnt Njál, Magnus the Good, Song of Atli, The Hell-Ride of Brynhild, Saga of… (2015) — Tradutor — 9 cópias
Fantastic Imaginings: A Journey Through 3500 Years of Imaginative Writing, Comprising Fantasy, Horror, and Science… (2012) — Contribuinte — 4 cópias
La poesía inglesa románticos y victorianos — Contribuinte — 4 cópias
The Bibelot, Volume XVIII: A Reprint of Poetry and Prose for Book Lovers, Chosen in Part from Scarce Editions and… (1912) — Contribuinte — 4 cópias
The Volsunga Saga, Legends of the Wagner Trilogy and Old Norse Sagas Kindred to the Volsung and Niblung Tale (2012) — Tradutor, algumas edições — 4 cópias
Pre-Raphaelites : Victorian Avant-Garde : Tate Britain : 12 September 2012 - 13 January 2013 (2012) — Artist — 2 cópias
The Big Book for Girls — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome padrão
- Morris, William
- Data de nascimento
- 1834-03-24
- Data de falecimento
- 1896-10-03
- Local de enterro
- Kelmscott village churchyard, Kelmscott, Oxfordshire, UK
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- UK
- Local de nascimento
- Walthamstow, England, UK
- Local de falecimento
- Hammersmith, England, UK
- Educação
- Marlborough College
Exeter College, Oxford - Ocupação
- textile designer
translator
poet
novelist
social activist - Relacionamentos
- Burne-Jones, Edward (friend)
Eiríkur Magnússon (collaborator) - Organizações
- Social Democratic Federation
Socialist League
Membros
Discussions
Lawton Kennedy on William Morris em Fine Press Forum (Fevereiro 15)
Resenhas
Listas
19th Century (1)
Prêmios
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 298
- Also by
- 66
- Membros
- 6,937
- Popularidade
- #3,524
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- Resenhas
- 125
- ISBNs
- 1,064
- Idiomas
- 17
- Favorito
- 22
The first thing I notice about this book is the language. The author uses old-english like style that are somewhat challenging to read, especially for new readers. But in my case, I became used to it and after read the book, i understood that it is needed to compliment the themes and settings of this book.
This book has 3 part. And follow the story of a young Prince that seeking for adventures, and how he overcome the obstacles.
The story itself is slow at the start. The beginning of the book reads like a sort of fairytale or children story, but then at the later part, it become more mature plot-wise. The boring part is in the second half of the first part and I almost abandon this book out of boredeom, but I'm glad i didn't. Starting from Part 2, the plot and the main character become more interesting. For some people the prose and the story's structure can be a drag compared to a modern fantasy stories. But I personally didn't have a problem.
The characters count are plenty but not overwhelming. And some of them are well-written especially the main character, as this book tells how he grown to become a man over the course of the story.
Overall, i didn't expect this book to become one of my favorites. I recommend it anyone who love fantasy books, bonus point if you also like old-english prose.… (mais)