News from Nowhere and Other Writings
$23.43
- Paperback
480 pages
- Release Date
2 December 2004
Summary
Poet, pattern-designer, environmentalist and maker of fine books, William Morris (1834-96) was also a committed socialist and visionary writer, obsessively concerned with the struggle to achieve a perfect society on earth.
News From Nowhere, one of the most significant English works on the theme of utopia, is the tale of William Guest, a Victorian who wakes one morning to find himself in the year 2102 and discovers a society that has changed beyond recognition into a pastoral…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140433302 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0140433309 |
| Author: | William Morris, Clive Wilmer |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 480 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 2 December 2004 |
| Weight: | 330g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 130mm x 22mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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About The Author
William Morris
William Morris (1834-1896) was one of the most influential thinkers and artists of his time. At Oxford, with the painter Burne-Jones, he fell under the influence of Ruskin and Rossetti. Preoccupied with the poverty of modern design he taught himself at least thirteen crafts and founded his own design firm, Morris & Co. In the late 1870s he became active in political and environmentalist matters and converted to socialism in 1883, helping to found the Socialist League a year later.
Clive Wilmer read English at King’s College, Cambridge. He also edited Ruskin and Rossetti for the Penguin Classics, and has translated poetry from several languages.
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