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Poet, pattern-designer, environmentalist and maker of fine books, William Morris (1834-96) was also a committed socialist and visionary writer, obsessively concerned with the struggle to achieve a perfect society on earth. News From Nowhere, one of the most significant English works on the theme of utopia, is the tale of William Guest, a Victorian who wakes one morning to find himself in the year 2102 and discovers a society that has changed beyond recognition into a pastoral paradise, in which all people live in blissful equality and contentment. A socialist masterpiece, News From Nowhere is a vision of a future free from capitalism, isolation and industrialisation. This volume also contains a wide selection of Morris's writings, lectures, journalism and letters, which expand upon the key themes of News From Nowhere.
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News from Nowhere and Other Writings, William Morris
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- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2004
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- Titel
- News from Nowhere and Other Writings
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- William Morris
- Verlag
- Penguin UK
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2004
- Einband
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0140433309
- ISBN13
- 9780140433302
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Belletristik, Fantasy, Philosophisches Thema, Klassiker, Politik, Utopie
- Bewertung
- 3,7 von 5 Sternen
- Beschreibung
- Poet, pattern-designer, environmentalist and maker of fine books, William Morris (1834-96) was also a committed socialist and visionary writer, obsessively concerned with the struggle to achieve a perfect society on earth. News From Nowhere, one of the most significant English works on the theme of utopia, is the tale of William Guest, a Victorian who wakes one morning to find himself in the year 2102 and discovers a society that has changed beyond recognition into a pastoral paradise, in which all people live in blissful equality and contentment. A socialist masterpiece, News From Nowhere is a vision of a future free from capitalism, isolation and industrialisation. This volume also contains a wide selection of Morris's writings, lectures, journalism and letters, which expand upon the key themes of News From Nowhere.