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1 online resource (256 pages) |
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Acknowledgements; Introduction; Objectives and Methodological Approaches; The Morrisean Universe; The interrelation between art, nature, and politics; Critical Assessment of Studies Devoted to William Morris; Biographical Perspectives; Morris in the context of utopian studies; Approaches Towards Morris' art and politics; Part One; Chapter One; Specifications of the Victorian Age; William Morris and the Victorian age; William Morris' Response to Victorian Art Theories and Aesthetic Systems; William Morris and Victorian Art Movements; Victorian medievalism; Pre-Raphaelitism |
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William Morris' Approach to the Aesthetic MovementChapter Two; William Morris' Exposure to Victorian Political Philosophies and Ideologies; Political Theory and Ideological Frameworks; Liberalism and Conservatism; Racism and racialism in the context of British supremacy; British Socialism; Pre- and proto-socialist movements; Trade Unionism, Chartism, Owenism, and Christian Socialism; The Fabian Society; Early Marxist movements in Great Britain; Table 2.1. Socialist movements in the United Kingdom (ca. 1870-1900); Morris' Definition(s) of Politics |
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The Social and Political Implications of Morris' approach to Art in the Pre-socialist PhaseThe Gothic Revival as the point of convergence; The Firm, the Arts and Crafts Movement, and the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings; Part Two; Chapter Three; The Art/Politics Issue in the Pre-socialist Morris; Two Models of Morris' Transition from Art to Politics; The Evolutionary Model; "The Shadows of Amiens" (1856); The implications of social criticism; Breaking point; The revolutionary model; Chapter Four; Introductory Remarks; Critical Evaluation of Morris' Socialism |
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Morris's Lectures on Art from the Socialist PeriodMorris' socialist awareness from a linguistic perspective; Chapter Five; News from Nowhere as a Transdiscursive Narrative; The Narrative Structure in the Context of Morris' Views on Art and Politics; The narrative voice as purposeful replication; Narrative frame(s): main storyline vs. added discourse; Conceptual and/or Generic Classification of News from Nowhere; News from Nowhere as a romance; Arcadian elements in News from Nowhere; News from Nowhere: a Political Utopia without Politics; News from Nowhere and the Earthly Paradise concept |
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News from Nowhere as an advanced socialist utopia(Anti- )Ideology: the Narrative as a Circumvention; The narrative's reflections on language and socialist consciousness; News from Nowhere as a Transdiscursive Exposition of the Morrisean Universe; Conclusion; The process of (creative) production; Points of Convergence (chapters three and four); Conceptions of Time (chapters four and five); Linguistic Aspects (chapters three, four, and five); Epilogue; Works Cited; Index of Names |
| Summary |
This volume re-evaluates the position of William Morris regarding contemporary perspectives on his artistic and political endeavours. Special emphasis is placed on the concepts and territories that lie in-between, both literally and metaphorically. This "in-between-ess" is the most remarkable quality of Morris, and secures him a unique position among his contemporaries, as well as inspiring new generations of scholars. Paradoxically, however, this aspect also contributes to a certain marginalization of Morris in studies devoted to "Eminent Victorians". Instead of speaking of ruptures, gaps or |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Morris, William, 1834-1896 -- Political and social views
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| SUBJECT |
Morris, William, 1834-1896 fast |
| Subject |
Political and social views
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781443873710 |
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1443873713 |
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