Morris as a socialist : William Morris as I knew him
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Morris as a socialist : William Morris as I knew him
(Cambridge library collection, . William Morris : artist,
Cambridge University Press, 2012
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William Morris : artist writer socialist
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Reprint. Originally published: Oxford : Basil Blackwell, 1936
"This edition first published 1936" "This digitally printed version 2012"--T.p. verso
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A tireless champion of her father William, and a gifted designer and craftswoman in her own right, Mary (May) Morris (1862-1938) had a unique insight into his extraordinary career and creativity. It was she who undertook the exacting task of editing the twenty-four volumes of her father's collected works (also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection). In 1936, towards the end of her life, she published this supplementary two-volume work, which includes further writings and sympathetic commentary, revealing 'the development of a mind which was singularly of one piece, however many-sided'. Volume 2 addresses William Morris' political aims and ideals. Opening with the essay 'Morris as I Knew Him' by George Bernard Shaw, it includes May's substantial assessment of her father's socialism, along with many previously unpublished examples of his output of lectures, articles and letters on the subject. Also included is the index to the entire collected works.
Table of Contents
- Morris as I knew him G. B. Shaw
- Part I. Introductory: 1. The background: country life
- 2. The background: the revolt against laissez-faire
- Part II. Modern Socialism: 3. Hopes and fears
- 4. The beginnings of modern socialism
- 5. Early days as a socialist
- 6. Morris as a lecturer
- 7. The founding of the Socialist League
- 8. New lectures
- 9. Free speech in London
- 10. The aftermath
- Part III. Politics and Socialism: 11. Commonweal notes
- 12. Socialism and anarchism
- 13. Socialism comes into politics
- Lectures, articles and letters by William Morris
- Appendices
- Index to the complete works.
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