The Cambridge Companion to William Morris

The Cambridge Companion to William Morris by Marcus Waithe

In his short life, William Morris (1834-96) combined the roles of poet, author, painter, designer, translator, lecturer, political activist, journalist, weaver, bookmaker, and businessman. This volume draws together influential voices from different disciplines who have participated in the recent critical, political, and curatorial revival of his work, with essays exploring the contemporary resonance of his exceptional legacy. As a critic of capitalism, his thinking has thrived in these years of financial crisis; as a theorist of work and craftsmanship, his legacy interacts with a more recent ethics of making that questions the values of 'off-shored' production; and as a protector of landscape and buildings Morris's concern with what is precious strikes a chord in our age of environmental crisis. At the same time, a careful and scholarly approach observes the particularity of Morris's context, in a way that confounds the 'false friends' of hasty historical reception and reveals unexpected connections.

Marcus Waithe is Professor of Literature and the Applied Arts at the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of Magdalene College. He is the author of The Work of Words (2023), Words Made Stone (co-written with Lida Cardozo Kindersley) (2022), Thinking through Style (co-edited with Michael Hurley) (2018), The Labour of Literature in Britain and France, 1830-1910 (co-edited with Claire White) (2018), and William Morris's Utopia of Strangers (2016).

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ISBN 13	9781108940634
ISBN 10	1108940633
Title	The Cambridge Companion to William Morris
Author	Marcus Waithe
Series	Cambridge Companions To Literature
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	2024-05-23
Number of pages	358
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