The Collected Works of William Morris 24 Volume Set
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.
Product details
October 2012Multiple copy pack
9781108051392
8958 pages
480 × 350 × 368 mm
16kg
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Table of Contents
- Volume 1: Introduction
- Bibliographical notes
- The defence of Guenevere and other poems
- The hollow land and other contributions to the Oxford and Cambridge Magazine. Volume 2: Introduction
- Bibliographical note
- The argument
- Books 1–17. Volume 3: Introduction
- Bibliographical note
- An apology
- Prologue
- The author to the reader
- March: Atalanta's race
- The man born to be king
- April: The doom of king Acrisius
- The proud king. Volume 4: 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. Volume 5: Introduction
- September: The death of Paris
- The land east of the sun and west of the moon
- October: The story of Acontius and Cydippe
- November: The story of Rhodope
- The lovers of Gudrun. Volume 6: Introduction
- December: The golden apples
- The fostering of Aslaug
- January: Bellerophon at Argos
- The ring given to Venus
- February: Bellerophon in Lycia
- The hill of Venus
- Epilogue
- L'envoi. Volume 7: Introduction
- Bibliographical note
- Grettis saga: the story of Grettir the strong
- The Völsunga saga: the story of the Volsungs and the Niblungs
- Songs from the elder Edda. Volume 8: Introduction
- A journal of travel in Iceland, 1871
- A diary of travel in Iceland, 1873. Volume 9: Introduction
- Bibliographical note
- Love Is Enough
- or, The Freeing of Pharamond
- Poems by the Way. Volume 10: Introduction
- Bibliographical note to Three Northern Love Stories
- Bibliographical note to The Tale of Beowulf
- Three Northern Love Stories
- The Tale of Beowulf. Volume 11: Introduction
- Bibliographical note
- Book 1
- Book 2
- Book 3
- Book 4
- Book 5
- Book 6
- Book 7
- Book 8
- Book 9
- Book 10
- Book 11
- Book 12. Volume 12: Introduction
- Bibliographical note
- 1. Sigmund
- 2. Regin
- 3. Brynhild
- 4. Gudrun. Volume 13: Introduction
- Bibliographical note
- Books 1–24. Volume 14: Introduction
- Bibliographical note to The House of the Wolfings and The Story of the Glittering Plain
- A Tale of the House of the Wolfings and All the Kindreds of the Mark
- The Story of the Glittering Plain, or the Land of Living Men. Volume 15: Introduction
- Bibliographical note
- The Roots of the Mountains:
- 1. Of Burgstead and its folk and its neighbours
- 2. Of Face-of-god and his kindred
- 3. They talk of diverse matters in the hall
- 4. Face-of-god fareth to the woods again
- 5. Face-of-god falls in with the menfolk in the mountain
- 6. Of Face-of-god and those mountain-dwellers
- 7. Face-of-god talketh with the friend on the mountain
- 8. Face-of-god cometh home again to Burgstead
- 9. Those brethren fare to the yew-wood with the bride
- 10. New tidings in the dale
- 11. Men make oath at Burgstead
- 12. Stone-face telleth concerning the wood-wights
- 13. They fare to the hunting of the elk
- 14. Concerning Face-of-god and the mountain
- 15. Murder amongst the folk of the woodlanders
- 16. The bride speaketh with Face-of-god
- 17. The token cometh from the mountain
- 18. Face-of-god talketh with the friend in shadowy vale
- 19. The fair woman telleth Face-of-god of the kindred
- 20. Those two together hold the ring of the earth-god
- 21. Face-of-god looketh on the dusky men
- 22. Face-of-god cometh home to Burgstead
- 23. Talk in the hall in the house of the face
- 24. Face-of-god giveth that token to the bride
- 25. Of the gate-thing at Burgstead
- 26. The ending of the gate-thing
- 27. Face-of-god leadeth a band through the wood
- 28. The men of Burgdale meet the runaways
- 29. They bring the runaways to Burgstead
- 30. Hall-face goeth towards Rosedale
- 31. Of the weaponshow of the men of Burgdale and their neighbours
- 32. The men of Shadowy Vale come to the spring market at Burgstead
- 33. The alderman gives gifts to them of Shadowy Vale
- 34. The chieftains take counsel in the house of the face
- 35. Face-of-god talketh with the sun