The Collected Works of William Morris: With Introductions By His Daughter May Morris: Volume 20 (Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies) - Softcover

Morris, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108051340 ISBN 13: 9781108051347

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2012

Synopsis

A creative titan of the Victorian age, William Morris (1834–96) produced a prodigious variety of literary and artistic work in his lifetime. In addition to his achievements as a versatile designer at the forefront of the arts and crafts movement, Morris distinguished himself as a poet, translated Icelandic sagas and classical epics, wrote a series of influential prose romances, and gave lectures promoting his socialist principles. His collected works, originally published in 24 volumes between 1910 and 1915, were edited by his daughter Mary (May) Morris (1862–1938), whose introductions to each volume chart with insight and sympathy the development of her father's literary, aesthetic and political passions. Volume 20 contains the posthumously published novel The Water of the Wondrous Isles (1897).

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Book Description:

The poet, designer, translator and socialist William Morris (1834–96) produced a prodigious variety of work in his lifetime. These 24 volumes, edited by his daughter May and published between 1910 and 1915, reveal the development and scope of this Victorian polymath's literary, aesthetic and political passions.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1108051340
• ISBN 13: 9781108051347
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 452