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News from nowhere, or, An epoch of rest, being some chapters from a utopian romance

Written in 1890, at the close of William Morris’s most intense period of political activism, News from Nowhere is a compelling articulation of his mature views on art, work, community, family, and the nature and structure of the ideal society.
eBook, English, ©2003
Broadview Press, Peterborough, Ont., ©2003
1 online resource (356 pages) : illustrations
9781551112671, 9781459303492, 1551112671, 1459303490
180772973
IntroductionWilliam Morris: A Brief ChronologyA Note on the TextNews from NowhereAppendix A: Morris on the PlatformFrom “Art and Socialism” (1884)From “How We Live and How We Might Live” (1884)From “The Society of the Future” (1887)Appendix B: Art, Work, and SocietyRobert Owen, from Report to the County of Lanark (1820)John Ruskin, from “The Nature of Gothic” (1852)Karl Marx, from Das Kapital (1867)Henry George, from Progress and Poverty (1879)James MacNeill Whistler, from “Mr. Whistler’s Ten O’Clock” (1885)Eleanor Marx-Aveling and Edward Aveling, from “The Woman Question” (1886)Mona Caird, from “The Emancipation of the Family” (1890)Peter Kropotkin, from The Conquest of Bread (1892)Appendix C: Utopia/DystopiaSir Thomas More, from Utopia (1516)Samuel Butler, from Erewhon; or, Over the Range (1872)Richard Jefferies, from After London; or, Wild England (1885)Jane Hume Clapperton, from Margaret Dunmore; or, A Socialist Home (1888)Edward Bellamy, from Looking Backward, 2000-1887 (1888)Oscar Wilde, from “The Soul of Man Under Socialism” (1891)Florence Dixie, from Gloriana; or, the Revolution of 1900 (1892)Appendix D: Revolution or ReformKarl Marx and Friedrich Engels, from Manifesto of the Communist Party (1848)John Stuart Mill, from “Chapters on Socialism” (1879)H.M. Hyndman, from England for All: The Text-Book of Democracy (1881)Sergius Stepniak, from Underground Russia (1883)E. Belfort Bax and William Morris, from “Manifesto of the Socialist League” (1885)Joseph Lane, from An Anti-Statist, Communist Manifesto (1887)George Bernard Shaw, from Fabian Essays in Socialism (1889)Appendix E: Bloody SundayFrom The Times (London), November 14, 1887Queen Victoria, from her journal and correspondence (1887)R.B. Cunninghame Graham, from “Bloody Sunday” (1888)George Bernard Shaw, from a letter to William Morris, November 22, 1887William Morris, from “London in a State of Siege” (1887)Margaret Harkness, from Out of Work (1888)Appendix F: Early Reviews and ResponsesLionel Johnson, from a review in Academy (May 23, 1891)Maurice Hewlett, from a review in National Review (August 1891)Peter Kropotkin, from an obituary notice in Freedom (November 1896)Walter Crane, from an obituary notice in Progressive Review (November 1896)J.W. Mackail, from The Life of William Morris (1899)May Morris, from The Collected Works of William Morris (1910-15)Bibliography/Recommended Reading