Title & Author:

William Morris & News from nowhere : a vision for our time / edited by Stephen Coleman and Paddy O'Sullivan.

Publication:

Bideford, Devon : Green, 1990.

Description:

213 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-209).
The use of utopia : history and imagination / Stephen Coleman -- Who was William Morris? / Paddy O'Sullivan -- Synopsis of News from nowhere / Clifford Slapper -- The feast's beginning : News from nowhere and the utopian tradition / Christopher Hampton -- How the change came : News from nowhere and revolution / John Crump -- How matters are managed : human nature and nowhere / Stephen Coleman -- The obstinate refusers : work in News from nowhere / Ray Watkinson -- Concerning love : News from nowhere and gender / Jan Marsh -- An old house amongst new folk : making nowhere somewhere / Colin Ward -- The Hammersmith guest house again : William Morris and the architecture of nowhere / Mark Pearson -- A market by the way : the economics of nowhere / Adam Buick -- The ending of the journey : William Morris, News from nowhere and ecology / Paddy O'Sullivan.
Also issued online.

Summary:

"1990 marks the centenary of the publication of William Morris' most celebrated work, the utopian novel News from Nowhere. Originally received as backward-looking and hopelessly romantic, News from Nowhere was in reality ahead of its time, articulating a coherent vision of 'how we live and how we might live' that has much in common with the views of idealists and 'green' thinkers of the present day." "William Morris & News from Nowhere: a Vision for Our Time is a revaluation of Morris' ideas on such diverse subjects as love, work, revolution, architecture, economics and ecology. In the light of the breakdown of the old order in Eastern Europe and the crisis of capitalism in the West, together with the 'greening' of societies throughout Europe and elsewhere, Morris has much to contribute to the search for new ways of thinking and action, for new social and political structures, and for new attitudes to Nature and ourselves."--Jacket.

ISBN:

1870098374 (pbk.)
9781870098373 (pbk.)

Subject:

Morris, William, 1834-1896 Political and social views.
Morris, William, 1834-1896. News from nowhere.
Morris, William, 1834-1896 Critique et interprétation.
Morris, William, 1834-1896.
News from nowhere (Morris, William)
Utopias History 19th century.
Utopias Great Britain.
Utopias in literature.
Utopias.
Utopies.
Utopies Histoire 19e siècle.
Utopies Grande-Bretagne.
Utopies dans la littérature.
utopian literature.
Political and social views.
News from nowhere (Morris)
Utopisch socialisme.
Great Britain.
English fiction

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Coleman, Stephen, 1956-
O'Sullivan, Paddy.

William Morris and News from nowhere

Holdings:

Location: Library main 112585
Call No.: ID PR5084; ID:96-B2189
Status: Available