William Morris and the Idea of Community: Romance, History and Propaganda, 1880-1914

ISBN-13: 9780748641499 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 240 str.

Vaninskaya, Anna

Opis

The great polymath William Morris and his contemporaries and followers--from H. Rider Haggard to H. G. Wells--are the focus of this study. Anna Vaninskaya draws upon a wide array of primary sources: from working-class fiction and articles in fringe socialist newspapers to historical treatises, autobiographies and diaries, in order to explore the many ways Victorians and Edwardians talked about community and modernity. Vaninskaya's narrative moves from the realm of romance bestsellers and sniggering reviews to debates in weighty historical tomes, and then to the headquarters of revolutionary parties, to street-corners and shabby lecture halls. She demonstrates how in each domain the dream of community clashed with the reality of the modern state and market.

Spis treści

Introduction; I. ROMANCE; 1. The Romance Revival; 2. The Paradoxes of Mr Morris; II. HISTORY; 3. The Dark Ages; 4. The Middle Ages; III. PROPAGANDA; 5. Socialist Hybrids; 6. Education and Association; Bibliography; Index.