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The Collected Works of William Morris

The Collected Works of William Morris

The Collected Works of William Morris

With Introductions by his Daughter May Morris
Volume 4: The Earthly Paradise: A Poem 2
William Morris
May Morris
October 2012
4. The Earthly Paradise: A Poem 2
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    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.

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    October 2012
    Paperback
    9781108051187
    284 pages
    229 × 16 × 152 mm
    0.42kg
    5 b/w illus.
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • 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.
      Author
    • William Morris
    • May Morris