William Morris - E. P. Thompson

William Morris-the great 19th century craftsman architect designer poet and writer-remains a monumental figure whose influence resonates powerfully today. As an intellectual (and author of the seminal utopian News From Nowhere) his concern with artistic and human values led him to cross what he called the 'river of fire' and become a committed socialist-committed not to some theoretical formula but to the day by day struggle of working women and men in Britain and to the evolution of his ideas about art about work and about how life should be lived. Many of his ideas accorded none too well with the reforming tendencies dominant in the Labour movement nor with those of 'orthodox' Marxism which has looked elsewhere for inspiration. Both sides have been inclined to venerate Morris rather than to pay attention to what he said. Originally written less than a decade before his groundbreaking The Making of the English Working Class E.P. Thompson brought to this biography his now trademark historical mastery passion wit and essential sympathy. It remains unsurpassed as the definitive work on this remarkable figure by the major British historian of the 20th century.

TITLE: William Morris

AUTHOR: E. P. Thompson

SKU: 9780850366808

PUBLISHER: The Merlin Press Ltd

DATE PUBLISHED: 28/03/2011

PLACE PUBLISHED: United Kingdom

PAGES: 650

BINDING: Paperback / softback

LANGUAGE: English

DIMENSIONS: 156 mm x 234 mm