Against The Age (Routledge Revivals) - 9780415676014

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Against The Age (Routledge Revivals)An Introduction to William Morris\nAuthor(s): Peter Faulkner\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780415676014, 978-0415676014\nSynopsis\nStudents new to the work of William Morris will find the full range of his achievements covered in this reissue of Peter Faulkner's excellent biography, first published in 1980. The author has carefully placed Morris in the context of the Victorian age, but has also suggested the relevance of his ideas today. The six chapters are organised biographically and cover all aspects of Morriss work in poetry, fiction, design and socialist politics. \n\nThe emphasis is on his continuous struggle against the age in which he lived, seen as an idealism which went through various stages from the wistfulness of The Earthly Paradise through the practical activities of the firm of Morris & Company to the socialism of Morris's later years. The book quotes freel.