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News from Nowhere William Morris

News from Nowhere By William Morris

News from Nowhere by William Morris


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Summary

Drawing on the work of Ruskin and Marx, this text is a statement of the author's egalitarian convictions as well as a contribution to the utopian tradition. It describes the encounter between a visitor from the 19th century and a decentralized and humane socialist future.

News from Nowhere Summary

News from Nowhere by William Morris

'The only English utopia since More's that deserves to be remembered as literature.' News from Nowhere (1890) is the best-known prose work of William Morris. The novel describes the encounter between a visitor from the nineteenth century, William Guest, and a decentralized and humane socialist future. Set over a century after a revolutionary upheaval in 1952, these 'Chapters from a Utopian Romance' recount his journey across London and up the Thames to Kelmscott Manor, Morris's own country house in Oxfordshire. Drawing on the work of John Ruskin and Karl Marx, Morris's book is not only an evocative statement of his egalitarian convictions but also a distinctive contribution to the utopian tradition. Morris's rejection of state socialism and his ambition to transform the relationship between humankind and the natural world, giveNews from Nowhere a particular resonance for modern readers. The text is based on that of 1891, incorporating the extensive revisions made by Morris to the first edition.

News from Nowhere Reviews

As usual, Oxford publications are always of top quality. This edition is a thoroughly fine piece of scholarship, well-structured and presented.

About William Morris


David Leopold is Lecturer in Political Theory at Christ Church and Merton College, Oxford University.

Additional information

GOR001196120
9780192801777
0192801775
News from Nowhere by William Morris
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Oxford University Press
2003-02-13
250
N/A
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This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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