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MORRIS\nRomantic to Revolutionary\nWilliam Morris\nWILLIAM MORRIS\nROMANTIC\nto\nREVOLUTIONARY\nby\nE. P. THOMPSON\n1955\nLAWRENCE & WISHART LTD\nLONDON\nPrinted in Great Britain by The Came&ot Press Ltd, London and Southampton\nCONTENTS\nCHAP\tPAGE\nForeword\t7\nList of Abbreviations\ti i\npart I\nWILLIAM MORRIS AND THE ROMANTIC REVOLT\nSir Launcelot and Mr Gradgrind\t15\nThe Romantic Revolt\t24\nOxford—Carlyle and Ruskin\t49\nRossetti and the Pre-Raphaelites\t70\nThe First Joust with Victorianism\t89\npart 11\nTHE YEARS OF CONFLICT\nI\tWilliam Morris and the Decorative Arts\ti 17\nIL\tThe Poetry of Despair\t140\n“Only the Ledger Lives \"\t163\n“Love is Enough*'\t191\nHope and Courage\t209\nAction\t230\nThe “Anti-Scrape\"\t264\nThe River of Fire\t281\nPART III\nPRACTICAL SOCIALISM\nThe First Two Hundred\t315\nThe First Propaganda\t350\nThe Split\t384\n7 he Socialist League, 1885-1886\n“Making Socialists\"\t422\n6\tWILLIAM MORRIS\n*V The Socialists Make Contact with the Masses, 1887-1888 VI The Last Years of the Socialist League VII Towards a United Socialist Party, 1890-1896\nPART IV\nNECESSITY AND DESIRE Necessity and Desire\nAPPENDICES\nI, The Manifesto of the Socialist League\nII Correspondence Between J L Mahon and F Engfls, Eleanor Marx-Aveling and othfrs, 1884-1898\nFive Letters from William Morris to Fred Henderson\nWilliam Morris, Bruce Glasier, and Marxism\nIndex\nFOREWORD\nT\nHIS book is a study of William Moms rather than a\u000bbiography J W* Mackail's Life of Wtlltam Morns, pub-\u000blished over fifty years ago, is likely to remain the standard\nyear-by-year narrative of the main events m Morris's life* But\u000bmany new sources have become available since Mackail wrote this\u000bbook, and, moreover, his account has serious defects* First, his\u000bclose connection with the family and intimate friends of Morris\u000binhibited frankness on certain matters Second, Mackail's dislike\u000bof Morris's revolutionary convictions resulted m a totally\u000binadequate treatment of the political activities which absorbed\u000bMorris's whole energy m the years of his full maturity For this\u000breason I have found it necessary to introduce a great deal of new\u000bbiographical material into this book, and m particular into the\u000btreatment of the years of “practical Socialism\"\nIt should be emphasized that the discussions in this book of the Romantic Movement, Pre-Raphaelitism, and of Thomas Carlyle and John Ruskm, have been introduced m an attempt to put William Moms within the context of his times and that the points brought into prominence have been selected accord\u001fingly Equally, the treatment of the Socialist movement m the 1880s must be read alongside other accounts of the Social- Democratic Federation and of the “New Unionism\" if the Socialist League is not to be seen out of its true proportion William Morris's genius was so versatile that any overall judgement on his life must be the result of the collaboration of many specialist opinions While I am responsible for the judgements m this book, I could never have completed it without the most generous assistance of every kind from many people Graeme Shankland encouraged me to borrow ideas from his unpublished study of Moms; he has also criticized parts of the manuscript Dr* S Sokkary sent me his unpublished thesis on Morris's prose romances Professor G D H Cole kindly read a sketch of some of my conclusions and sent me his comments* Alick West, Douglas Garman, and Arnold Kettle all read and criticized parts of the manuscript, while Maurice Comforth has constantly encouraged me m the dual role of critic and publisher In my search for material I have met with equal generosity*\n8^\tWILLIAM\tMORRIS\nMr H* L Beales, Professor Guy Chapman, Ptofessor Oswald Doughty, Dr* H M Pellmg, Sir Sidney Cockerell, Mr Chimen Abramsky, and Mr H H Verstage are among those who have responded to my enquiries and helped me to find sources Mr J F* Horrabm put at my disposal for a year his interesting collection of handbills of the early Socialist movement Mr Fred Henderson entertained me for an afternoon with reminiscences ","cbCaivgiendA8PJU","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaivgiendA8PJU","docx",1215310,905,"English","# Contents\n## Foreword\n## List of Abbreviations\n## William Morris and the Romantic Revolt\n## The Years of Conflict\n## Practical Socialism\n## Necessity and Desire\n## Appendices\n## The Manifesto of the Socialist League\n## Correspondence and Letters\n## Index","[{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of the book in E. 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