News from Nowhere and Other Writings (Paperback, Reissue)

First published in 1890 and now republished in paperback, this is Morris's magnum opus, a utopian picture of a future communist society which draws on the work of Ruskin and Marx and was written in response to what Morris saw as soulless and mechanical visions of socialism. In an era that has seen the collapse of state socialism, this book gives us a powerful insight into just why the statist version of socialism failed and offers us a vision for our own time of a non-collectivist society in which small-scale forms of cooperation avoid the damaging consequences of rampant individualism and unregulated global capitalism. And it's a good read. (Kirkus UK)

William Morris was a dreamer with a genius for turning dreams into reality. Self-taught in thirteen different crafts, some of them ancient ones that had died out, he became the greatest European pattern-designer since the Middle Ages. He was, besides, a campaigning socialist and a pioneering environmentalist, a lyric poet and a forceful journalist, a storyteller and a maker of fine books. This volume illustrates the variety of Morris's prose, while focusing on one theme: the earthly paradise. The 'Nowhere' of News from Nowhere (1890) is England in 2102, an ideal pastoral society born out of revolution. It is as compelling a dream of the future as the nightmares of Brave New World and Nineteen Eighty-Four. Exhilaratingly, it reminds us that nothing is inevitable about the way we live - now or in 1890.

General

Imprint:	Penguin Classics
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 1993
First published:	1994
Authors:	William Morris
Editors:	Clive Wilmer
Introduction by:	Clive Wilmer
Dimensions:	197 x 130 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	430
Edition:	Reissue
ISBN-13:	978-0-14-043330-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 19th century Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General
LSN:	0-14-043330-9
Barcode:	9780140433302

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