Лучшие произведения Уильяма Морриса

Уильям Моррис (1834-1896) – английский поэт, писатель, переводчик, художник, дизайнер, издатель, изобретатель и общественный деятель, поистине выдающийся ум и во многом культовая личность Викторианской эпохи. В России Моррис известен преимущественно как социалист благодаря роману-утопии "Вести из ниоткуда, или Эпоха мира" (1890). На Западе же его помнят в первую очередь как писателя, создавшего жанр фэнтези из искрящейся смеси рыцарского романа и волшебной сказки; писателя, чьё знамя позже подхватят Дж.Р.Р. Толкин и К.С. Льюис. В этой книге Моррис предстает с новой, неожиданной стороны: тонкий лирик, вдумчивый художник, философ и мечтатель…

«Вести ниоткуда или Эпоха спокойствия» — одно из самых значительных произведений Морриса, наиболее полно отражающих его политические взгляды. Моррис написал книгу в ответ на утопию американца Беллами «Через 100 лет», имевшую невероятную популярность у читателей и раскритикованную Моррисом в печатном органе Социалистической лиги «Коммуноил».

The House of the Wolfings is a romantically reconstructed portrait of the lives of the Germanic Gothic tribes, written in an archaic style and incorporating a large amount of poetry. Morris combines his own idealistic views with what was actually known at the time of his subjects' folkways and language. He portrays them as simple and hardworking, galvanized into heroic action to defend their families and liberty by the attacks of imperial Rome. Morris's Goths inhabit an area called the Mark on a river in the forest of Mirkwood, divided into the Upper-mark, the Mid-mark and the Nether-mark. They worship their gods Odin and Tyr by sacrificing…

In 1891, after founding the Kelmscott Press with Emery Walker, Morris decided to issue a new volume of poetry, his first since 1876, to be published by the new press. The modesty casual title, Poems By the Way, reflected the fact that he had first drafted a number of its poems around 1870 or shortly hereafter. Several of these recast Scandinavian accounts of ill-fated love in artful stanzaic and metrical variations ("The Wooing of Hallbiorn," "The Raven and the King’s Daughter," "‘The Lay of Christine," "Hildebrand and Hellelil," and "Hafbur and Signy"). May Morris recalled her father’s wry remark that ‘A man shouldn’t write poetry after…

Повесть «Сон про Джона Болла» является своего рода дополнением к роману «Вести ниоткуда». Автор переносится во сне в XIV век и ведет дискуссии со священником-бунтовщиком Джоном Боллом о справедливом и гармоничном устройстве человеческого общества.

"Art Under Plutocracy" by William Morris. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

"Hopes and Fears for Art" by William Morris. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

"Signs of Change" by William Morris. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

"The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs" by William Morris. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.