English Literature / Unit 14 ENL 1329 short lesson, about 20 seconds
William Morris
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The idea
William Morris, poet, designer and socialist, wrote The Defence of Guenevere and the utopian News from Nowhere. He founded the firm that became Morris and Company and led the Arts and Crafts Movement, promoting handmade work against the factory system.
In practice
Poet, craftsman, socialist.
Where people slip
Morris's medievalism is social.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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