Art, Enterprise and Ethics: Essays on the Life and Work of William Morris: The Life and Works of William Morris

by Press; Jon

• ISBN13: 9780714642581
• ISBN10: 0714642584
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781351575492
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1996-09-30
• Publisher: Routledge
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Summary

The life and works of William Morris continue to excite the imaginations of fresh generations of scholars working in many traditions, from the history of art and design to literary criticism and the history of socialism and socialist thought. This book concentrates on Morris's social and political acheivements as well as his artistic talents.

Table of Contents

Morris and his biographers; the origins of the Morris family fortune; the business career of William Morris; William Morris and the experience of Iceland; George Wardle's "Memorials of William Morris"; Morris & Company at the Boston Foreign Fair of 1883; Morris, the Ionides family and 1 Holland Park; William Morris and the Royal Commission on technical instruction; John Ruskin and the Ethical Foundations of Morris & Company; Morris and the making of an earthly paradise. Postscript: the work of the William Morris Society.