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The Collected Letters of William Morris, Volume III: 1889-1892
By (Author) William Morris
Edited by Norman Kelvin
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
23rd September 2014
United States
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Diaries, letters and journals
Biography and non-fiction prose
828.809
Paperback
606
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
822g
These volumes bring to a close the only comprehensive edition of the surviving correspondence of William Morris (1834-1896), a protean figure who exerted a major influence as poet, craftsman, master printer, and designer. Volumes III and IV, taken together, give in detail the comments and observations that articulate his problematic political and a
"In the combination of extreme clarity of detail and dreamlike vagueness in Morris's work we find a true visionary who takes his place in an English tradition with Blake, Turner, and Dickens... There is a directness and simplicity of expression in his writing... "--Peter Ackroyd, The New Yorker