{"product_id":"9780571255597-william-morris-a-life-for-our-time","title":"William Morris: A Life for Our Time","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSince his death in 1896, William Morris has come to be regarded as one of the giants of the Victorian era. The author has managed to encompass all the different facets of Morris' complex character, shedding light on his immense creative powers as artist and designer of furniture, fabrics, wallpaper, stained glass, and as a poet, and novelist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Wolfson History Prize, and described by A.S.Byatt as \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'one of the finest biographies ever published', \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ethis is Fiona MacCarthy's magisterial biography of William Morris, legendary designer and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003efather of the Victorian Arts and Crafts movement. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Thrilling, absorbing and majestic.' \u003c\/b\u003eIndependent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Wonderfully ambitious . The definitive Morris biography.'\u003c\/b\u003e Sunday Times \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Delicious and intelligent, full of shining detail and mysteries respected.' \u003c\/b\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eOh, the careful detail of this marvellous book! . A model of scholarly biography'.\u003c\/b\u003e New Statesman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince his death in 1896, \u003cb\u003eWilliam Morris\u003c\/b\u003e has been celebrated as a giant of the Victorian era. But his genius was so multifaceted and so profound that its full extent has rarely been grasped. Many people may find it hard to believe that the greatest English designer of his time - possibly of all time - could also be internationally renowned as a founder of the \u003cb\u003esocialist movement\u003c\/b\u003e, and ranked as a \u003cb\u003epoet with Tennyson and Browning.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn her definitive biography - insightful, comprehensive, addictively readable - the award-winning \u003cb\u003eFiona MacCarthy\u003c\/b\u003e gives us a richly detailed portrait of Morris's complex character for the first time, shedding light on his immense creative powers as \u003cb\u003eartist and designer of furniture, fabrics, wallpaper, stained glass, tapestry, and books\u003c\/b\u003e; his role as a \u003cb\u003epoet, novelist and translator\u003c\/b\u003e; on his psychology and his emotional life; his frenetic activities as \u003cb\u003epolemicist and reformer\u003c\/b\u003e; and his remarkable circle of friends, literary, artistic and political, including \u003cb\u003eDante Gabriel Rossetti and Edward Burne-Jones.\u003c\/b\u003e It is a masterpiece of biographical art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57536529432950,"sku":"9780571255597","price":37.03,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_40023583.jpg?v=1774289151","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780571255597-william-morris-a-life-for-our-time","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}