Book description
Visionary English Socialist and pioneer of the Arts and Crafts
movement, William Morris argued that all work should be a source of
pride and satisfaction, and that everyone should be entitled to
beautiful surroundings - no matter what their class. Throughout history,
some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see
ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and
revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted.
They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you
the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries
whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are. William
Morris (1834 - 1896) was one of the most influential thinkers and
artists of his time. At Oxford, with the painter Burne-Jones, he fell
under the influence of Ruskin and Rossetti. Preoccupied with the poverty
of modern design he taught himself at least thirteen crafts and founded
his own design firm, Morris & Co. In the late 1870s he became active
in political and environmentalist matters and converted to socialism in
1883, helping to found the Socialist League a year later.
