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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.

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Obras de William Morris

The Wood Beyond the World (1892) 761 cópias
The Sundering Flood (1897) 186 cópias
Selected Writings and Designs (1962) 118 cópias
The Roots of the Mountains (1979) 99 cópias
The Earthly Paradise (1878) 59 cópias
A Dream of John Ball (1900) 39 cópias
The Life and Death of Jason (1867) 37 cópias
The Hollow Land (2005) 34 cópias
Hopes and Fears for Art (1994) 28 cópias
Poems by the Way (1891) 26 cópias
Prose and Poetry (1856-1870) (1913) 25 cópias
Defence of Guenevere (1981) 24 cópias
Love Is Enough (2012) 23 cópias
Old French Romances (1896) 23 cópias
Selected Poems (1992) 22 cópias
Icelandic Journals (1969) 22 cópias
Signs of Change (1888) 20 cópias
William Morris: wallpapers and chintzes (1973) — Ilustrador — 17 cópias
The Novel on Blue Paper (1982) 9 cópias
Masters in This Hall (1958) — Words — 8 cópias
Chants for Socialists (1935) 8 cópias
Pocketful of Stars (1994) 8 cópias
Arte y artesanía (2011) 8 cópias
Arts and crafts essays (1996) 6 cópias
Gothic architecture (2001) 6 cópias
The Revolt of Ghent (2011) 5 cópias
La era del sucedáneo (2016) 5 cópias
The History of Over Sea (1909) 5 cópias
Konst och politik (1977) 4 cópias
William Morris ABC (2017) 4 cópias
Arte y sociedad industrial (1977) 3 cópias
Art and socialism (2001) 3 cópias
Umudun Yolcuları (2007) 2 cópias
Politics, art and society (2001) 2 cópias
Wallpapers and Designs (1971) 2 cópias
Poems by William Morris (1904) 2 cópias
Ten Pre-Raphaelite Poems (2011) 2 cópias
News from nowhere: Volume 1 (2010) 2 cópias
La Défense de Guenièvre (2021) 2 cópias
Poems of Protest (2013) 2 cópias
Norrcena: The Volsunga Saga (1905) 1 exemplar(es)
The William Morris Colouring Book (2016) 1 exemplar(es)
Love is Enough 1 exemplar(es)
Arbetet och socialismen (1983) 1 exemplar(es)
William Morris 2000 Calendar (1999) 1 exemplar(es)
Ogier the Dane 1 exemplar(es)
Shameful Death [poem] 1 exemplar(es)
On first seeing Iceland 1 exemplar(es)
Tales From the Earthly Paradise (2010) 1 exemplar(es)
Lindenborg Pool 1 exemplar(es)
An Essay on Printing (2012) 1 exemplar(es)
The Man Born to Be King (1913) 1 exemplar(es)
Under an Elm-Tree, etc (1891) 1 exemplar(es)
The House Of The Wolfings (2004) 1 exemplar(es)

Associated Works

The Odyssey (0750) — Tradutor, algumas edições52,694 cópias
Beowulf (1000) — Tradutor, algumas edições25,193 cópias
The Essex Serpent (2016) — Artista da capa, algumas edições3,098 cópias
The Saga of the Volsungs (1270) — Tradutor, algumas edições1,610 cópias
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas (1909) — Contribuinte, algumas edições1,473 cópias
Laxdaela Saga (1245) — Contribuinte, algumas edições923 cópias
The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer (1400) — Designer, algumas edições; Ilustrador, algumas edições797 cópias
Goblin Market (1862) — Ilustrador, algumas edições738 cópias
Tales Before Tolkien: The Roots of Modern Fantasy (2003) — Contribuinte — 608 cópias
English Poetry, Volume III: From Tennyson to Whitman (1909) — Contribuinte — 607 cópias
Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder (1989) — Contribuinte — 328 cópias
Good King Wenceslas (1988) — Introdução, algumas edições314 cópias
The Saga of Gunnlaug Serpent-tongue (1800) — Tradutor, algumas edições308 cópias
Epic and Saga (1909) — Tradutor — 266 cópias
Masterpieces of Fantasy and Enchantment (1988) — Contribuinte — 260 cópias
Art History and Its Methods: A Critical Anthology (1995) — Contribuinte — 231 cópias
A Treasury of Fantasy (1981) — Contribuinte — 185 cópias
The Portable Victorian Reader (1972) — Contribuinte — 176 cópias
A Documentary History of Art, Volume 3 (1966) — Contribuinte — 152 cópias
The Young Magicians (1969) — Contribuinte — 139 cópias
Dystopia Utopia: Short Stories (2016) — Contribuinte — 125 cópias
The Standard Book of British and American Verse (1932) — Contribuinte — 114 cópias
Great Short Novels of Adult Fantasy (1972) — Contribuinte — 99 cópias
The Mammoth Book of Merlin (2009) — Contribuinte — 98 cópias
Heroic Fantasy Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy) (2017) — Contribuinte — 79 cópias
World's Great Adventure Stories (1929) — Contribuinte — 75 cópias
The Road Not Taken and Other Poems (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) (2015) — Artista da capa, algumas edições73 cópias
The Merlin Chronicles (1995) — Contribuinte — 66 cópias
A Book of Narrative Verse (1930) — Contribuinte — 61 cópias
Time Travel Short Stories: Anthology of New & Classic Tales (2017) — Contribuinte — 56 cópias
Victorian Love Stories: An Oxford Anthology (1996) — Contribuinte — 48 cópias
Selected English Short Stories (First Series) (1914) — Contribuinte — 36 cópias
Writing Politics: An Anthology (2020) — Contribuinte — 35 cópias
Modern Arthurian Literature (1992) — Contribuinte — 31 cópias
Epic Fantasy Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy) (2019) — Contribuinte — 31 cópias
Dark of the Moon: Poems of Fantasy and the Macabre (1947) — Contribuinte — 26 cópias
Great Ghost Stories: 34 Classic Tales of the Supernatural (2002) — Contribuinte — 26 cópias
Tales of Dungeons and Dragons (1986) — Contribuinte — 23 cópias
Kingdoms of Sorcery: An Anthology of Adult Fantasy (1976) — Contribuinte — 21 cópias
Le livre d'or de la Science-Fiction : Le manoir des roses (1978) — Contribuinte — 20 cópias
Nobilis: A Roleplaying Game (1999) — Ilustrador, algumas edições17 cópias
I Preraffaelliti (1974) — Ilustrador — 15 cópias
Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus (1893) — Prefácio, algumas edições14 cópias
Dreams and Wonders: Stories from the Dawn of Modern Fantasy (2010) — Contribuinte — 13 cópias
English Narrative Poems (1909) — Contribuinte — 12 cópias
The Religion of Beauty: Selections from the Aesthetes (1950) — Contribuinte — 11 cópias
Oxford and Oxfordshire in Verse (1982) — Contribuinte — 11 cópias
Selected English short stories XIX & XX centuries (1914) — Contribuinte — 11 cópias
The Masterpiece Library of Short Stories Volumes 1 & 2 (1940) — Tradutor — 10 cópias
Utopiasosialistit (2009) 8 cópias
La poesía inglesa románticos y victorianos — Contribuinte — 4 cópias
The Odyssey of Homer, Vol. 1 — Tradutor, algumas edições1 exemplar(es)
The Odyssey of Homer, Vol. 2 — Tradutor, algumas edições1 exemplar(es)
The Big Book for Girls — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)

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I picked this book because i read that this book inspired Narnia and The Lord of The Rings series.

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.
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arifrohman | outras 6 resenhas | Jan 23, 2024 |
A book that describes a socialist/communist Utopia in England - whats not to like? - Answer, William Morris' book published in 1890. The hero William Guest (yes very witty) falls asleep after a meeting of the socialist league - he might well have fallen asleep during the meeting of the socialist league, and dreams that he has woken up in some sort of future socialist utopia. To keep the reader guessing, for a short time Guest does not know where he is, but the sun is shinning and everybody that he meets acts kindly and considerately. He then embarks on a journey up the river Thames with his new friends learning from them the joys brought about by common ownership and the ditching of machines.

I found the book weakly thought through with it golden glow version of socialism based on handicrafts and the love of nature. Guest learns from an elderly boffin the history of the previous two hundred years as he continues his journey of discovery following the river Thames through sleepy villages that were once commuter hubs for the cockneys. Its all so facile and even worse than that; it is boring. This did not work for me on any level, probably it will be the worst read of the year - 2 stars.
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baswood | outras 16 resenhas | Oct 3, 2023 |
Se chiedete ai muri chi ha inventato il genere fantasy come lo conosciamo oggi, questi risponderanno: Tolkien! È un fatto universalmente riconosciuto, se non altro perché, nella maggior parte delle classifiche di “Migliori fantasy di tutti i tempi”, svetta Il Signore degli Anelli.

Dico questo non per scalzarlo dalla sua posizione, ma per fare una precisazione: Tolkien non ha inventato il genere fantasy. Casomai lo ha diffuso e lo ha reso un genere amatissimo. Colui che ha inventato il fantasy è il misconosciuto William Morris, poliedrico artista inglese nato nel 1834 e morto quattro anni dopo la nascita di Tolkien.

Tolkien stesso ha ammesso (e C.S. Lewis con lui) di essere stato molto influenzato dall'opera di Morris. Infatti, leggendo La Fonte ai confini del mondo si colgono numerose affinità con Il Signore degli Anelli: è stato un piacere trovarle, come rivedere un vecchio amico.

Naturalmente, il valore de La Fonte ai confini del mondo non va visto unicamente in relazione con la sua influenza sulle opere successive. È un romanzo dal sapore medievale, ma depurato di quegli elementi moralisti che lo renderebbero noioso.

Ha anche il sapore della fiaba, percepibile proprio all'inizio, quando il vecchio Re di Upmeads fa scegliere alla sorte la direzione che dovranno prendere i suoi figli. E fiabeschi sono anche i riferimenti a luoghi pieni di un'antica magia che sembra preesistente al cristianesimo e destinata a durare per sempre.
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lasiepedimore | outras 6 resenhas | Sep 12, 2023 |
Very disappointed. Put it down a third of the way through. The verse bits are just unbearably plodding. You know a book has failed you (or you it, I suppose) when you give up in the middle of a battle scene. *yawn*
 
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judeprufrock | outras 6 resenhas | Jul 4, 2023 |

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