News from Nowhere / Edition 1

by William Morris, James Redmond

Overview

"This astute and long overdue reappraisal provides a lucid overview and a wealth of contextual information. An excellent resource." — Shannon L. Rogers, Saint Joseph's University, Editor, Newsletter of the William Morris Society in the United States

"through his insightful introduction and careful selection of documents, [Arata] has created an invaluable edition of News from Nowhere." — Peter Stansky, Stanford University

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415075817
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/06/1970
Series:	Routledge English Texts
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 5.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

William Morris, James Redmond

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION, I Life of William Morris 2 Myths, Legends, and Utopian Dreams 3 Nineteenth-century Mediaevalism: A Dream of Ultimate Rest 4 Man is the Measure, NEWS FROM NOWHERE I Discussion and Bed II A Morning Bath III The Guest House and Breakfast therein IV A Market by the Way V Children on the Road VI A Little Shopping VII Trafalgar Square VIII An Old Friend IX Concerning Love X Questions and Answers XI Concerning Government XII Concerning the Arrangement of Life XIII Concerning Politics XIV How Matters are Managed XV On the Lack of Incentive to Labour in a Communist Society XVI Dinner in the Hall of the Bloomsbury Market XVII How the Change Came XVIII The Beginning of the New Life XIX The Drive Back to Hammersmith xx The Hammersmith Guest House Again XXI Going up the River XXII Hampton Court. And a Praiser of Past Times XXIII An Early Morning by Runnymede XXIV Up the Thames: the Second Day xxv The Third Day on the Thames XXVI The Obstinate Refusers The Upper Waters XXVIII The Little River XXIX A Resting-Place on the Upper Thames xxx The Journey's End XXXI An Old House amongst New Folk XXXII The Feast's Beginning-the End

Editorial Reviews

Stephen Arata, through his insightful introduction and his careful selection of documents, has created an invaluable edition of News from Nowhere, one of the seminal texts of the nineteenth century.” — Peter Stansky, Stanford University

“This astute and long overdue reappraisal provides a lucid overview and a wealth of contextual information. An excellent resource.” — Shannon L. Rogers, Saint Joseph’s University, Editor, Newsletter of the William Morris Society in the United States

“Stephen Arata provides an especially informative account of the social here and now out of which an imagined Nowhere emerged. The rich selection of accompanying texts from British and continental radicals is particularly valuable and full of surprises. This is a fine edition for a new century that invites us to read Morris’s utopia freshly while it provides ample material to help us do so.” — Elizabeth Helsinger, University of Chicago

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