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Arts: William Morris the sentimental socialist
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Huffing, puffing, big and bearded, William Morris was
indefatigable until he burnt himself out, all of a sudden, at the
age of 62. The great Victorian designer, champion of the Arts &
Crafts movement, and the force that has driven the presses that
have printed hundreds of thousands of rolls of fruity wallpaper for
tens of thousands of suburban homes, died, said his physician, of
"being simply William Morris, and having done more work than most
10 men".
Fiona McCarthy tells this story at the outset of her biography
of Morris, recently published in paperback (Faber & Faber, pounds
12.99) to ...
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An unexpected Guest.(influence of William Morris on J. R. R. Tolkien's works)(Critical essay)
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The unique designs of William Morris
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; ...were both enamored of the North, William Morris and C.S. Lewis saw it differently...well as its significance. For Morris, the qualities of medieval society...literature in their youth. By age seven William Morris had read all of Sir Walter Scott...
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Made by William Morris; A Centennial Look At the Father Of Arts and Crafts
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William Morris On the centennial of his death, the craftsman's legacy is ever present
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Communism in furs: a dream of prehistory in William Morris's John Ball.
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William Morris: eminent Victorian businessman.
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