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Book SynopsisThese volumes bring to a close the only comprehensive edition of the surviving correspondence of William Morris (1834-1896), a protean figure who exerted a major influence as poet, craftsman, master printer, and designer. Volumes III and IV, taken together, give in detail the comments and observations that articulate his problematic political and a
Trade Review"In the combination of extreme clarity of detail and dreamlike vagueness in Morris's work we find a true visionary who takes his place in an English tradition with Blake, Turner, and Dickens... There is a directness and simplicity of expression in his writing... "--Peter Ackroyd, The New Yorker
Table of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, pg. ix*EDITORIAL PRACTICES, pg. xv*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. xvii*INTRODUCTION, pg. xxvii*MORRIS CHRONOLOGY, pg. xlvii*ABBREVIATIONS OF MANUSCRIPT LOCATIONS, pg. liii*ABBREVIATIONS OF WORKS FREQUENTLY CITED, pg. lvii*LETTER 1566-LETTER 1720, pg. 2*LETTER 1721- LETTER 1921, pg. 161*LETTER 1922-LETTER 2081, pg. 335*APPENDIX A. Statement of Principles of the Hammersmith Socialist Society, pg. 489*APPENDIX B. Note by William Morris on His Aims in Founding the Kelmscott Press, pg. 493*APPENDIX C. Addenda, pg. 497*INDEX OF CORRESPONDENTS, pg. 499*SUBJECT INDEX, pg. 502
