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 por William Morris
News from Nowhere; or, An Epoch of Rest: Being Some Chapters from a Utopian Romance (1890) 837 exemplares
A Tale of the House of the Wolfings and All the Kindreds of the Mark Written in Prose and in Verse (1889) 139 exemplares
Three Works by William Morris : A Dream of John Ball / The Pilgrims of Hope / News from Nowhere (1967) 64 exemplares
The Story of the Volsungs, (Volsunga Saga) With Excerpts from the Poetic Edda (2000) — Tradutor — 34 exemplares
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 exemplares
More to William Morris: Two Books that Inspired J. R. R. Tolkien-The House of the Wolfings and The Roots of the… (2003) 19 exemplares
William Morris Postcards : 24 Full-Color Ready-To-Mail Designs from the Collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum (1989) 15 exemplares
Cómo vivimos y cómo podríamos vivir. Trabajo útil o esfuerzo inútil. El arte bajo la plutocracia (2007) 13 exemplares
The Story of the Glittering Plain - A Book That Inspired Tolkien: With Original Illustrations (The Professor's… (2018) 7 exemplares
The World of Romance being Contributions to The Oxford and Cambridge Magazine, 1856 (2010) 6 exemplares
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 exemplares
Complete Works of William Morris 4 exemplares
The Story of the Ere-Dwellers (Eyrbyggja Saga) With the story of the Heath-Slayings as Appendix Done Into English out… (2019) — Tradutor — 4 exemplares
THE SAGA LIBRARY VOLUME I. THE STORY OF HOWARD THE HALT. THE STORY OF THE BANDED MEN. THE STORY OF HEN THORIR. (2010) 4 exemplares
The Collected Works of William Morris: Volume 14. The House of the Wolfings. The Story of the Glittering Plain (2004) 4 exemplares
The earthly paradise: a poem IV 4 exemplares
The collected works of William Morris. Volume X. Three northern love stories. The tale of Beowulf (2000) 4 exemplares
The Folk of the Mountain Door 3 exemplares
Atalanta's Race, The Proud King, 3 exemplares
The earthly paradise: a poem; part i. and ii. 3 exemplares
The Story of Cupid and Psyche 3 exemplares
The Story of the Volsungs (Volsunga Saga): With Excerpts from The Poetic Edda (Hardcover) (2018) 3 exemplares
Some hints on pattern designing 3 exemplares
The Collected Works of William Morris: Volume 1. The Defence of Guenevere; The Hollow Land (2000) 3 exemplares
The Doom of King Acrisius 3 exemplares
The Story of the Glittering Plain & Child Christopher (The William Morris Library Series) (1996) 3 exemplares
The collected works of William Morris. Volume VII. The story of Grettir the Strong. The story of the Volsungs and… 3 exemplares
Gertha's lovers : a tale 3 exemplares
The Tale of King Florus and the Fair Jehane 3 exemplares
Guenevere. Two Poems. The Defence of Guenevere and King Arthur's Tomb. One of 450 copies. 2 exemplares
The Earthly Paradise: A Poem, Part III: Cupid and Psyche; The Writing on the Image; The Love of Alcestis (1870) 2 exemplares
The collected works of William Morris. Volume XXI. The sundering flood. Unfinished romances 2 exemplares
Reform and Revolution: Three Early Socialists on the Way Ahead (William Morris Library Series) (1996) 2 exemplares
The Collected Works of William Morris: Volume 16. News from Nowhere. A Dream of John Ball. A King's Lesson (2004) 2 exemplares
Stories from, The Earthly Paradise - Told in prose, with copious extracts in verse [The Masterpiece Library] The Penny… (1915) 2 exemplares
The Aeneids of Virgil Done into English Verse 2 exemplares
Story of the Volsungs 2 exemplares
The saga of Hen Thorir 2 exemplares
SELECTED WRITINGS OF WILLIAM MORRIS 2 exemplares
Note By William Morris on His Aims in Founding the Kelmscott Press, Together with a Short Description of the Press by… (1969) 2 exemplares
English Floral Place Cards and Matching Napkin Holders in Full Colour: 12 Ready-to-Use Sets (From Stencils and… (1991) 2 exemplares
The Collected Works of William Morris, Vol. 8 (Classic Reprint): With Introductions by His Daughter; Journals of Travel… (2018) 1 exemplar
pages from The Earthly Paradise 1 exemplar
Guenevere - Two Poems by William Morris 1 exemplar
The Works of William Morris: The World of Romance, The Earthly Paradise, The Pilgrims of Hope, The Wood Beyond the… (2012) 1 exemplar
Dagbækur úr Íslandsferðum 1871-1873 1 exemplar
The Early Romances of William Morris 1 exemplar
Notícias de ninguna parte 1 exemplar
The Life and Death of Jason. (Abridged.) 1 exemplar
The collected letters of William Morris; Vol. II: 1881-1884, and 1885-1888. Gale Sigal, assistant editor. (1987) 1 exemplar
News from Nowhere ... Pocket edition 1 exemplar
The Collected Works of William Morris, Vol. 8: With Introductions by His Daughter May Morris; Journals of Travel in… (2016) 1 exemplar
The Message of the March Wind 1 exemplar
Love is Enough 1 exemplar
The Earthly Paradise vol. 2 1 exemplar
The Earthly Paradise vol. 3 1 exemplar
The Earthly Paradise vol. 1 1 exemplar
Morris wallpapers and textiles 1 exemplar
Ogier the Dane 1 exemplar
Shameful Death [poem] 1 exemplar
On first seeing Iceland 1 exemplar
Two Red Roses Across the Moon [poem] 1 exemplar
Pre-Raphaelite ballads, by William Morris, with many illustrations and decorative borders in black and white by H. M.… (1900) 1 exemplar
William Morris: disegni e motivi decorativi 1 exemplar
Selected Writings and Drawings 1 exemplar
The Earthly Paradise 1 - 3 1 exemplar
The Earthly Paradise: A Poem, Part X: Bellerphon in Lycia; The Hill of Venus; The Epilogue 1 exemplar
The earthly paradise, Vol. I. 1 exemplar
Golden wings ; Svend and his brethren 1 exemplar
Lindenborg Pool 1 exemplar
The Earthly Paradise 7 - 9 1 exemplar
The Earthly Paradise 4 - 6 1 exemplar
The Water of the Wondrous Isles. Vol 1 1 exemplar
Art and the people : a socialist's protest against capitalist brutality ; addressed to the working classes (2001) 1 exemplar
The Lesser arts of life : an address delivered in support of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (2001) 1 exemplar
The earthly paradise: a poem I 1 exemplar
The earthly paradise: a poem II 1 exemplar
De bron aan het einde van de wereld Deel 3 1 exemplar
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
Garden of delight. HAE WMM 101 1 exemplar
The Earthly Paradise - Part 1: "The reward of labour is life. Is that not enough?" (2014) 1 exemplar
The Sundering Flood Vol. I 1 exemplar
Selection from the poems of William Morris 1 exemplar
Kunde von Nirgendwo oder ein Zeitalter der Ruhe : Einige Kapitel aus einer utopischen Romanze (1991) 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas (1909) — Contribuidor, algumas edições — 1,473 exemplares
The Best Poems of the English Language: From Chaucer Through Robert Frost (2004) — Contribuidor — 1,042 exemplares
The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer (1400) — Designer, algumas edições; Ilustrador, algumas edições — 797 exemplares
World Poetry: An Anthology of Verse from Antiquity to Our Time (1998) — Contribuidor — 447 exemplares
The Norton Anthology of English Literature, 4th Edition, Volume 2 (1979) — Contribuidor — 249 exemplares
Tales Before Narnia: The Roots of Modern Fantasy and Science Fiction (2008) — Contribuidor — 114 exemplares
The Road Not Taken and Other Poems (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) (2015) — Artista da capa, algumas edições — 73 exemplares
The Dedalus Book of British Fantasy: 19th Century (European Literary Fantasy Anthologies) (1991) — Contribuidor — 45 exemplares
Workers' Tales: Socialist Fairy Tales, Fables, and Allegories from Great Britain (2018) — Contribuidor — 41 exemplares
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 exemplares
Fantastic Imaginings: A Journey Through 3500 Years of Imaginative Writing, Comprising Fantasy, Horror, and Science… (2012) — Contribuidor — 4 exemplares
La poesía inglesa románticos y victorianos — Contribuidor — 4 exemplares
The Bibelot, Volume XVIII: A Reprint of Poetry and Prose for Book Lovers, Chosen in Part from Scarce Editions and… (1912) — Contribuidor — 4 exemplares
The Volsunga Saga, Legends of the Wagner Trilogy and Old Norse Sagas Kindred to the Volsung and Niblung Tale (2012) — Tradutor, algumas edições — 4 exemplares
Pre-Raphaelites : Victorian Avant-Garde : Tate Britain : 12 September 2012 - 13 January 2013 (2012) — Artist — 2 exemplares
The Big Book for Girls — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome canónico
- Morris, William
- Data de nascimento
- 1834-03-24
- Data de falecimento
- 1896-10-03
- Localização do túmulo
- 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 - Ocupações
- textile designer
translator
poet
novelist
social activist - Relações
- 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)
Críticas
Listas
19th Century (1)
Prémios
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Associated Authors
Estatísticas
- Obras
- 298
- Also by
- 66
- Membros
- 6,937
- Popularidade
- #3,524
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- Críticas
- 125
- ISBN
- 1,064
- Línguas
- 17
- Marcado como 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)