Morris, William 1834-1896

Overview

Works:	4,086 works in 10,475 publications in 9 languages and 156,800 library holdings
Genres:	History Fiction Poetry Criticism, interpretation, etc Biography Romances Exhibition catalogs Paraphrases Records and correspondence Fantasy fiction, English
Subject Headings:	Authors, English
Roles:	Printer, Translator, Editor, Illustrator, Other, Honoree, Compiler, Lyricist, Librettist, Dedicatee, Author of introduction, Type designer, Artist, Composer, Creator, Former owner, Collector, Recipient, Arranger, Collaborator, Owner, Performer
Classifications:	PR5083, 823.8

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Publications about William Morris

Publications by William Morris

Publications by William Morris, published posthumously.

Most widely held works about William Morris

William Morris by A Clutton-Brock ( )
The work of William Morris by Paul Richard Thompson ( Book )
Arts & crafts movement by Oscar Lovell Triggs ( )
The life of William Morris by J. W Mackail ( Book )
William Morris : romantic to revolutionary by E. P Thompson ( Book )

Contemporary American literature, 1945-1972; an introduction by Ihab Habib Hassan ( Book )
William Morris : a life for our time by Fiona MacCarthy ( Book )
William Morris : his life, work, and friends by Philip Henderson ( Book )
William Morris as designer by Raymond Watkinson ( Book )
William Morris by Alfred Noyes ( Book )
Reclaiming William Morris Englishness, sublimity, and the rhetoric of dissent by Michelle Weinroth ( )
William Morris by Montague Weekley ( Book )
Camelot in the nineteenth century Arthurian characters in the poems of Tennyson, Arnold, Morris, and Swinburne by Laura C Lambdin ( )
William Morris textiles by Linda Parry ( Book )
William Morris by Philip Henderson ( Book )
American book design and William Morris by Susan Otis Thompson ( Book )
William Morris and the idea of community romance, history and propaganda, 1880-1914 by Anna Vaninskaya ( )
Redesigning the world : William Morris, the 1880s, and the Arts and Crafts by Peter Stansky ( Book )
A Victorian rebel; the life of William Morris by Lloyd Wendell Eshleman ( Book )
William Morris: the critical heritage by Peter Faulkner ( Book )

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Most widely held works by William Morris

News from nowhere, or, An epoch of rest being some chapters from a utopian romance by William Morris ( Book )
306 editions published between 1890 and 2012 in 5 languages and held by 3,952 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"News from Nowhere (1890) is the most famous work of one of the greatest British writers and thinkers, William Morris. It is a utopian picture of a future communist society, drawing on the work of Ruskin and Marx and written in response to what Morris saw as soulless and mechanical visions of socialism. In this work of his last years, Morris distilled many of his leading ideas on politics, art and society, imagining a world in which capitalism has been abolished by a workers' revolution and nature and society have become beautiful habitations for humanity. In an era that has seen the collapse of state socialism, Morris's damning critique of this conception, and his positing of a powerful alternative, are compelling reasons for paying attention to this classic of British socialism."--BOOK JACKET

A dream of John Ball and A king's lesson by William Morris ( )
120 editions published between 1888 and 2012 in 3 languages and held by 2,153 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This 1888 novel about the English Peasant's Revolt of 1381 and its leader, John Ball, is not historical fiction; rather, it is a time-travel fantasy in which the modern and medieval worlds collide. Morris casts the medieval realm in a golden, almost utopian light

The wood beyond the world by William Morris ( Book )
84 editions published between 1892 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,923 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Golden Walter leaves him homeland after his wife betrays him. Word reaches him that her family have killed his father, and all ties are broken with his old life. He is shipwrecked upon a foreign shore and begins a fantastical adventure. Written by the English textiles designer William Morris, this is one of the first modern supernatural fantasy novels

The earthly paradise by William Morris ( Book )
248 editions published between 1867 and 2004 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,882 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A series of 24 tales in verse, 2 for each month of the year

The well at the world's end by William Morris ( )
71 editions published between 1894 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 1,470 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
After King Peter of Upmeads agrees that all but his youngest son, Ralph, may go forth to seek adventure, Ralph secretly makes his way to Wulstead, where he learns about the Well at the World's End and begins a journey in search of it

The life and death of Jason by William Morris ( Book )
148 editions published between 1867 and 2009 in English and held by 1,273 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The story of Sigurd the Volsung and the fall of the Niblungs by William Morris ( Book )
113 editions published between 1876 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 1,252 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The well at the world's end by William Morris ( )
4 editions published in 1994 in English and held by 1,180 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair by William Morris ( )
4 editions published in 2008 in English and held by 1,172 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The story of the volsungs (volsunga saga), with excerpts from the poetic edda ( )
in English and held by 1,168 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Songs from the elder edda ( )
in English and held by 1,159 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Works by Geoffrey Chaucer ( Book )
16 editions published between 1896 and 2007 in English and English, Middle and held by 999 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Contains an introduction to the life of Chaucer, the Canterbury Tales, short poems, and his other works along with explanatory notes and textual notes, a glossary, and a proper name index

The defence of Guenevere, and other poems by William Morris ( Book )
84 editions published between 1858 and 2007 in English and held by 941 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The story of the Glittering Plain : which has been also called the Land of living men or the Acre of the undying by William Morris ( Book )
97 editions published between 1891 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 850 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Signs of change by William Morris ( )
14 editions published between 1888 and 2009 in English and held by 831 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
William Morris was an English writer, architect, and artist and was integral to the birth of socialism in Great Britain. He founded the Socialist League in 1884, but later broke away from it over differences in methods and goals. Signs of Change is a collection of his essays on art, politics and socialism, including 'Useful Work versus Useless Toil'

The Volsunga saga by Eiríkr Magnússon ( Book )
28 editions published between 1870 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 725 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The collected letters of William Morris by William Morris ( Book )
16 editions published between 1984 and 1996 in English and held by 703 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Poems by the way by William Morris ( Book )
83 editions published between 1891 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 697 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A tale of the house of the Wolfings and all the kindreds of the mark by William Morris ( Book )
61 editions published between 1889 and 2011 in English and German and held by 661 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Volsunga saga : the story of the Volsungs and Niblungs by William Morris ( Book )
29 editions published between 1870 and 1971 in English and Icelandic and held by 622 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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