William Morris on Socialism: Uncollected Essays
By (Author) William Morris
Edited by Florence Boos
Edinburgh University Press
Edinburgh University Press
1st July 2025
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900
Paperback
432
Width 156mm, Height 234mm
William Morris's socialist essays remain uncannily relevant for our time, as he addresses issues of inequality, precarity, and the need for pleasure and creative fulfilment in work and life. This scholarly edition traces Morris's opinions from his early insistence that all must have access to art in its broadest sense, through his years as a leader and theorist of the nascent British socialist movement. Finally, as Morris became the elder statesman of the socialist/labour cause, these writings demonstrate his efforts to reconcile competing factions in the service of common aims.