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The Collected Letters of William Morris, Volume III: 1889-1892
William Morris
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Description for The Collected Letters of William Morris, Volume III: 1889-1892
Paperback. Editor(s): Kelvin, Norman. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 606 pages, 86 halftones, 5 line illustrations. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ; DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 204 x 245 x 35. Weight in Grams: 902.
These volumes bring to a close the only comprehensive edition of the surviving correspondence of William Morris (1834-1896), a protean figure who exerted a major influence as poet, craftsman, master printer, and designer. Volumes III and IV, taken together, give in detail the comments and observations that articulate his problematic political and artistic stands and equally problematic position within the aesthetic movement as it developed in the 1890s. Most eloquently voiced also are the complexities of his troubled marriage and his devotion to his epileptic daughter, Jenny, and his other daughter, May. But dominating all these themes, organizing and structuring ... Read more
These volumes bring to a close the only comprehensive edition of the surviving correspondence of William Morris (1834-1896), a protean figure who exerted a major influence as poet, craftsman, master printer, and designer. Volumes III and IV, taken together, give in detail the comments and observations that articulate his problematic political and artistic stands and equally problematic position within the aesthetic movement as it developed in the 1890s. Most eloquently voiced also are the complexities of his troubled marriage and his devotion to his epileptic daughter, Jenny, and his other daughter, May. But dominating all these themes, organizing and structuring ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
606
Condition
New
Series
Princeton Legacy Library
Number of Pages
606
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691602721
SKU
V9780691602721
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Reviews for The Collected Letters of William Morris, Volume III: 1889-1892
"In the combination of extreme clarity of detail and dreamlike vagueness in Morris's work we find a true visionary who takes his place in an English tradition with Blake, Turner, and Dickens... There is a directness and simplicity of expression in his writing... "
Peter Ackroyd, The New Yorker
Peter Ackroyd, The New Yorker