The Collected Works of William Morris
With Introductions by his Daughter May Morris

This 24-volume set, published 1910–15, reveals the development and scope of a Victorian polymath's literary, aesthetic and political passions.

William Morris (Author), May Morris (Introduction by)

9781108051187, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 11 October 2012

284 pages, 5 b/w illus.
22.9 x 1.6 x 15.2 cm, 0.42 kg

A creative titan of the Victorian age, William Morris (1834–96) produced a prodigious variety of literary and artistic work in his lifetime. In addition to his achievements as a versatile designer at the forefront of the arts and crafts movement, Morris distinguished himself as a poet, translated Icelandic sagas and classical epics, wrote a series of influential prose romances, and gave lectures promoting his socialist principles. His collected works, originally published in 24 volumes between 1910 and 1915, were edited by his daughter Mary (May) Morris (1862–1938), whose introductions to each volume chart with insight and sympathy the development of her father's literary, aesthetic and political passions. Volume 4 contains the second part of The Earthly Paradise (1868–70), Morris' ambitious collection of verse tales.

Introduction
May: The story of Cupid and Psyche
The writing on the image
June: The love of Alcestis
The lady of the land
July: The son of Croesus
The watching of the falcon
August: Pygmalion and the image
Ogier the Dane.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 [DSBF]