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OverviewWilliam Morris—Victorian socialist, designer, poet, artist and craftsman—urged his contemporaries to ‘Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful,’ foregrounding his belief in the importance of beautiful practicality in daily domestic life. This volume of essays seeks to examine the importance of Morris’s interest in everyday life for his art, literature and politics in his own day and beyond. Contributors explore the many aspects of the everyday that informed William Morris’s work—from his utopian socialism to his designs for domestic interiors—and, in the process, show how his insistence on the value of beauty and pleasure in daily life formed the basis of his call for a radical transformation of society. As this volume demonstrates, William Morris’s concern with the ordinary concerns and pleasures of daily life remains relevant in the twenty-first century. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Wendy ParkinsPublisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing Imprint: Cambridge Scholars Publishing Edition: Unabridged edition Dimensions: Width: 14.80cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 21.20cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9781443817578ISBN 10: 1443817570 Pages: 198 Publication Date: 15 April 2010 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationWendy Parkins is the author of Mobility, Modernity and Women’s Novels, 1850s–1930s and the co-author of Slow Living. She is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Otago, New Zealand. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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