William Morris (1834-1896) was a protean figure who exerted a major influence as poet, craftsman, master printer and designer. This volume gives in detail the comments and observations that articulate Morris's problematic political and artistic stands and equally problematic position within the aesthetic movement as it developed in the 1890s. Also voiced are the complexities of his troubled marriage and his devotion to his daughters. However, dominating all these themes, are the Kelmscott Press and the biulding of Morris's library of medieval manuscripts and early printed books. The letters in this volume record the way in which the Press became not only the centre of Morris's aesthetic ambitions and achievements, but also the site for his closest human relations and for much of his connecting with the makers of early modernism.
- ISBN13 9781400864232
- Publish Date 14 July 2014 (first published 31 December 1995)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Princeton University Press
- Format eBook
- Pages 606
- Language English
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