AGAINST THE AGE by Peter Faulkner ( 9780415678278 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

AGAINST THE AGE
AN INTRODUCTION TO WILLIAM MORRIS

By:

Peter Faulkner

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Paperback

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0415678277

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9780415678278

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Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

22 November, 2012

Series:

Routledge Revivals

Pages:

218

Synopsis:

Students new to the work of William Morris will find the full range of his achievements covered in this reissue of Peter Faulkner's excellent biography, first published in 1980. The author has carefully placed Morris in the context of the Victorian age, but has also suggested the relevance of his ideas today. The six chapters are organised biographically and cover all aspects of Morris's work in poetry, fiction, design and socialist politics. The emphasis is on his continuous struggle against the age in which he lived, seen as an idealism which went through various stages from the wistfulness of The Earthly Paradise through the practical activities of the firm of Morris & Company to the socialism of Morris's later years. The book quotes freely from writings by Morris not easily accessible at present and gives an overall account from which the student can develop his specialist interests. This reissue will appeal to sixth-formers and undergraduates interested in the Victorian period, as seen through one of its most striking personalities.

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