William Morris: An Illustrated Life of William Morris, 1834-1896 (Shire Library)
by Richard Tames
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William Morris' many-sided career placed him at the centre of an age and culture he both condemned and shaped. Hailed now-a-days as a pioneer of modern design, he was best known to his contemporaries as a poet. A man of immense energy, charm and imagination, Morris learned to turn private grief to public purpose. Having failed as an architect and a painter, he succeeded as a weaver, dyer, calligrapher, printer, businessman, journalist and novelist.Tags
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Richard Tames read History at Cambridge, took a Master's Degree in Politics at Birkbeck College, London, and was once Secretary to the Council of the Hansard Society for Parliamentary Government. He now teaches for Syracuse University's London programme, is a Blue Badge Guide, and, among other things, has written Political London and A Young show more Citizen's Guide to the European Union. show less
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- A life for art
I was born at Walthamstow...a suburban village on the edge of Epping Forest and once a pleasant enough place, but now terribly cocknified and choked up by the jerry-builder. - Original language
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