Overview

Since the early 1960s, the Journal of the William Morris Society (renamed Journal of William Morris Studies in 2005) has attracted a wide range of scholars to consider the life and work of this pivotal figure in Victorian culture. During that time the journal has published nearly 120 articles, exploring all areas of Morris’s social, political and environmental thought as well as his energetic political activism. The contributions gathered in this volume provide many original insights, as well as unearthing fresh material from the archives. The lifetime trajectory of Morris’s politics and socialism is often discussed in ways that show how it emerges from, interconnects with and informs the many other areas of his work – art, design, literature, poetry, arts and crafts manufacture, fine book publishing and production. There is no other collection of articles of this type, with the range of contributors representing a virtual who’s-who of Morris scholarship. William Morris’s social and political values, his actions, his utopian writings and his libertarian socialism resonate even more widely today than perhaps they did in his own time. At a moment in history when disillusion and distrust of current politics and politicians has grown significantly, a figure such as Morris offers renewal and hope. This book allows great opportunities to reflect on the culture, context and genealogy of his beliefs while inviting the reader to revisit political possibilities and paths not taken… paths that perhaps should be embarked upon now.

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Author:   John Blewitt
Publisher:   University of Exeter Press
Imprint:   University of Exeter Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.635kg
ISBN:  

9781804132173

ISBN 10:   1804132179
Pages:   310
Publication Date:   04 November 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction John Blewitt DOI: 10.47788/RQXM5395 1. ‘The Down-Trodden Radical’: William Morris’s Pre-Socialist Ideology Nicholas Salmon DOI: 10.47788/AQQJ7007 2. Nature and Art: Morris’s Conception of Progress Isolde Karen Herbert DOI: 10.47788/EHZB1314 3. William Morris’s Egalitarian Perfectionism Christine Sypnowich DOI: 10.47788/IGLC6184 4. William Morris and ‘Education Towards Revolution’: ‘Making Socialists’ versus ‘Putting Them in Their Place’ Stephen Coleman DOI: 10.47788/JUQR7335 5. William Morris and the Contemporary Socialist Press Helen Irving DOI: 10.47788/VWTX3104 6. William Morris and the Socialism of Robert Blatchford Chris Waters DOI: 10.47788/UJCF7021 7. In Search of Early Green Women: Planting Radicalism after Morris Alicia Carroll DOI: 10.47788/SPWH9279 8. ‘Morris the Red, Morris the Green’: A Partial Review Patrick O’Sullivan DOI: 10.47788/FIEA8313 9. William Morris, Commonweal and Imperialism Peter Halton DOI: 10.47788/VPUK8284 10. Hypocrisy and Cant and Vicarious Ferocity Jan Marsh DOI: 10.47788/JNLA5145 11. Morris on Tyne: A Sunday Lecture John Stirling DOI: 10.47788/UOSR6852 12. Versions of the Past, Problems of the Present, Hopes for the Future: Morris and Others Rewrite the Peasants’ Revolt Julia Courtney DOI: 10.47788/FFIR5886 13. Liberation Ecologies, circa 1871 Elizabeth Carolyn Miller DOI: 10.47788/AIGE7326 14. Morris and the Homeric Epic: Translating The Odyssey into Socialist Praxis Michelle Weinroth DOI: 10.47788/ALZF6742 15. William Morris’s Romantic Revolutionary Ideal: Nature, Labour and Gender in News from Nowhere John Bellamy Foster DOI: 10.47788/VLFM7685 16. More, Morris, Utopia… and Us Ruth Levitas DOI: 10.47788/DOTA8527 17. Time and Utopia: The Gap Between Morris and Bax Ruth Kinna DOI: 10.47788/ATFX3683 18. William Morris: The Myth of the Fall Anna Vaninskaya DOI: 10.47788/JRNP8318

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John Blewitt is editor of the Journal of William Morris Studies. He has worked in further, higher and adult education and is the author of numerous works on education and environmental sustainability including The Ecology of Learning (2006), Media, Ecology and Conservation: Using the Media to Protect the World's Wildlife and Ecosystems (2010) and Understanding Sustainable Development, 3rd edition (2017). His most recent books are William Morris and the Instinct for Freedom (2019) and as editor William Morris and John Ruskin: A New Road on which the World Should Travel (University of Exeter Press, 2019).  

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