The collected letters of William Morris

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The collected letters of William Morris

edited by Norman Kelvin

（Princeton legacy library）

Princeton University Press, [2014?]

  • v. 1. 1848-1880
  • v. 2, pt. A. 1881-1884
  • v. 2, pt. B. 1885-1888
  • v. 3. 1889-1892
  • v. 4. 1893-1896

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Facsimile of edition originally published: Princeton: Princeton University Press, c1984-c1996

v. 2. Part A-B / assistant editor, Gale Sigal -- v. 3-4 / assistant editor, Holly Harrison

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

v. 2, pt. A. 1881-1884 ISBN 9780691603698

Description

These volumes continue the only complete 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. Covering the years 1881 through 1888, they treat the most dramatic period in another facet of Morris's career: his work as a political activist. Originally published in 1988. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*List of Illustrations, pg. ix*Editorial Practices, pg. xv*Acknowledgments, pg. xvii*Introduction, pg. xix*Morris Chronology, pg. xxxv*Abbreviations of Manuscript Locations, pg. xli*Abbreviations of Works Frequently Cited, pg. xlvii*The Letters. 1881, pg. 1*The Letters 1882, pg. 90*The Letters 1883, pg. 145*The Letters 1884, pg. 253
Volume

v. 2, pt. B. 1885-1888 ISBN 9780691607641

Description

These volumes continue the only complete 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. Covering the years 1881 through 1888, they treat the most dramatic period in another facet of Morris's career: his work as a political activist. Originally published in 1988. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*LETTERS OF WILLIAM MORRIS. 1885 - 1886, pg. 366*LETTERS OF WILLIAM MORRIS. 1887 - 1888, pg. 604*APPENDIX A. The Manifesto of The Socialist League, pg. 849*APPENDIX B. An Essay on Printing, pg. 859*SUBJECT INDEX, pg. 867
Volume

v. 4. 1893-1896 ISBN 9780691608181

Description

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 them, are the Kelmscott Press and the building of Morris's important library of medieval manuscripts and early printed books. The letters record the way in which the Press becomes not only the center of Morris's aesthetic ambitions and achievements but also the site for his closest human relations and for much of his connecting with the makers of early modernism. The letters in Volumes III and IV are thoroughly annotated, and through texts and notes provide a new assessment of Morris's career. Included also, as appendices to Volume IV, are two important documents: the first, never before published, is F. S. Ellis's Valuation List of Morris's library, made after Morris's death, and the second, never before reprinted, is the text of what was to be Morris's final essay on socialism, published in April 1896. Originally published in 1996. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ix EDITORIAL PRACTICES xv ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xvii INTRODUCTION XiX MORRIS CHRONOLOGY xxxix ABBREVIATIONS OF MANUSCRIPT LOCATIONS xiv ABBREVIATIONS OF WORKS FREQUENTLY CITED Ii THE LETTERS - 1893-1896 3 APPENDIX A. The Present Outlook of Socialism in England by William Morris 393 APPENDIX B. Valuation of Library of William Morris by Frederick Startridge Ellis 401 APPENDIX c. Froissart's Chronicles, Selected Items 435 INDEX OF CORRESPONDENTS 439 SUBJECT INDEX 441
Volume

v. 1. 1848-1880 ISBN 9780691612799

Description

The life of William Morris (1834-1896) is revealed in significant new detail by his complete surviving correspondence, brought together here for the first time and including many previously unpublished letters. This collection not only bears witness to Morris's day-to-day activities and friendships, but also reflects his keen response to landscape and architecture, his sense of social responsibility, and his interest in the techniques of the applied arts. Volume I covers Morris's student days at Oxford and marriage to Jane Burden; the first twenty years of Morris and Co.; his success as a poet with the publication of The Earthly Paradise; his two trips to Iceland; the moves to Kelmscott Manor and Kelmscott House; and the start of his socialist career. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, pg. ix*SCOPE OF THIS EDITION, pg. xi*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. xvii*INTRODUCTION, pg. xxvii*MORRIS CHRONOLOGY, pg. li*ABBREVIATIONS OF MANUSCRIPT LOCATIONS, pg. lvii*ABBREVIATIONS OF WORKS FREQUENTLY CITED, pg. lxi*1848-1870, pg. 1*1871-1874, pg. 129*1875-1877, pg. 243*1878-1880, pg. 428*INDEX OF CORRESPONDENTS, pg. 597*SUBJECT INDEX, pg. 601

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