News from Nowhere And Other Writings

Résumé du livre

Informationen zum Autor Arts and Crafts pioneer William Morris (1834-1896), was famous for his wallpaper and fabric designs and his mastery of colour. A social reformer as well as a designer, he called for a return to crafts, the use of natural - rather than manmade - materials, and designs that were both practical and beautiful. His belief that beauty had the power to transform everyday lives revolutionised British design, and his ideas continue to inspire people today. Klappentext This volume illustrates the variety of William Morris's prose, while focusing on one theme: the earthly paradise. The "Nowhere" of News from Nowhere (1890) is England in 2102, an ideal pastoral society born out of revolution. It is as compelling a dream of the future as the nightmares of Brave New World and Nineteen Eighty-Four . Exhilaratingly, it reminds us that nothing is inevitable about the way we live-now or in 1890. Zusammenfassung This volume illustrates the variety of William Morris's prose, while focusing on one theme: the earthly paradise. The "Nowhere" of News from Nowhere (1890) is England in 2102, an ideal pastoral society born out of revolution. It is as compelling a dream of the future as the nightmares of Brave New World and Nineteen Eighty-Four . Exhilaratingly, it reminds us that nothing is inevitable about the way we live?now or in 1890. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chronology Bibliographical Note Romance The Story of the Unknown Church A King's Lesson Two Extracts from A Dream of John Ball News from Nowhere Lectures The Lesser Arts Some Hints on Pattern-designing Useful Work versus Useless Toil The Hopes of Civilization Gothic Architecture Occasional Prose "Looking Backward": a review of Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy Under an Elm-tree; or, Thoughts in the Countryside Preface to The Nature of Gothic by John Ruskin Foreword to Utopia by Sir Thomas More How I Became a Socialist A Note by William Morris on His Aims in Founding the Kelmscott Press Letters [The Eastern Question]: letter to the Daily News [Anti-Scrape]: letter to the Athenaeum [St. Mark's, Venice]: letter to the Daily News Notes...