Routledge Companion to William Morris

Florence S. Boos is the author of two books on Morris’s poetry. She has also edited several of his works, and is the general editor of the William Morris Archive.

• Introduction. Visions Not Dreams: Morris as Designer, Socialist, Entrepreneur, Poet . . . Florence S. BoosPart I: Morris’s Life, Family, and Environs1. Morris’s Biographies Michael Robertson2 Business in the Creative Life of William Morris Charles Harvey, Jon Press and Mairi Maclean 3. Morris, Family, and the Woman QuestionFlorence S. Boos4. 'Kelmscott Manor. Mr Morris’s Country Place' (1871–1896) Julia Griffin5. 'What came we forth for to see that our hearts are so hot with desire': Morris and IcelandMartin StottPart II: Art: Preservation, Interior Design, and Adaptations 6. Morris and ArchitectureChristopher Miele7. William Morris and Stained GlassJim Cheshire8. William Morris and Interior Design Margaretta S. Frederick9. William Morris and the Culture Industry: Appropriation, Art, CritiqueCompiled by David Mabb Part III: Literature: Poetry, Art, Translation, and Fantasy 10. A Question of Ornament: Poetry and the (Lesser) Arts Elizabeth Helsinger11. Making Pictures: Morris's Pre-Raphaelite Poetics and Its Reception David Latham12. William Morris and the Classical TraditionWilliam Whitla13 A Very Animated Conversation on Icelandic Matters: The Saga Translations of William Morris and Eiríkr MagnússonPaul Acker14. Rewilding Morris: Wilderness and the Wild in the Last Romances Phillippa Bennett15. Windy, Tangible, Resonant Worlds: The Nonhuman Fantasy of William MorrisJohn Plotz Part IV: Literature and Socialism 16. William Morris and British Politics: From the Liberal Party to the Socialist LeagueFrank C. Sharp17. News from Nowhere in the Museum of Literary InterpretationsTony Pinkney 18. Literature and Socialism of the CommonwealElizabeth Carolyn Miller19. Desire and Necessity: William Morris and Nature Patrick O’Sullivan20. Morris and Marxist Theory Owen HollandPart V: Books: Collecting and Design 21 William Morris’s Book Collecting Yuri Cowan22. William Morris and the Kelmscott Press: Towards an Aesthetics of Environment Nicholas Frankel

"The Companion is an outstanding and extraordinary guide to all aspects of the reformer’s life and work, animated by the recognition that because of Morris’s versatile activities, no single scholar could ever attempt to research all aspects of the man. It has 22 chapters in over 600 pages with very fresh and fascinating visual material, including over 120 mostly unpublished images."--Five Books