William Morris and the Uses of Violence, 1856 1890 offers a new
reading of Morris s work, foregrounding his commitment to the idea
of transformative violence. Hanson argues, contrary to prevailing
critical opinion, that Morris s work demonstrates an enduring
commitment to an ideal of violent battle and that combat, both
imaginary and actual, is represented as a potentially renewing and
generative force in his writings, from the earliest short stories
to the late propaganda poems and political romances.
Hanson examines Morris s imagination of violence as a way of
understanding the world and the self. The interactions of combat,
work and play, of self-sacrifice and hope, class war and prowess in
his writings draw together conflicting cultural narratives about
individual and political identity in a way that complicates or
reframes their meanings.
Moving chronologically through his works, the book discusses the
philosophy and phenomenology of violence by which Morris delineates
his ethical and aesthetic positions, as well as examining the ways
in which they intersect with those of his contemporaries. It
combines close readings of his work with historical and contextual
analysis to suggest that Morris s paradoxical commitment to
violence as a means to wholeness shapes the form and style of his
works as well as their content and reception."
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