PORTAL: WILLIAM MORRIS AS WRITER

Introduction

This Author portal is designed to help you to start reading William Morris's poetry, letters, and fiction. Many of the resources linked from this portal page are free online e-texts, which makes Morris more accesible for everyone. Follow these steps for an introduction to William Morris's poetry, fiction, and letters:

  1. Start by browsing the Chronology of Writings by William Morris. This lists everything Morris wrote, excluding some of his Socialist materials (a subject large enough to need its own portal). The Chronology contains direct links to the full texts of many of Morris's writings, including poems and prose romances.
  2. The list of Morris's writings is vast! Find out some ways to approach your reading by seeing some of the Critical Responses to Morris's writings.
  3. See the research that the Morris Society has helped to publicize through the Journal of William Morris Studies.
  4. Ready to learn more? Try visiting your local public library or university library; the staff can help you find books and articles by and about Morris.
  5. Ready to take an active role in promoting Morris's ideals of beauty in design and function, respect for the traces of the past, and social justice for all? Find out how to get involved as part of the William Morris Society!

Other Sides of William Morris

For more details about the other aspects of William Morris, see our other portals:

  • LIFE: Learn who William Morris was, what he did, where he lived, who he knew, and why he's still relevant today.-->
  • ART: Morris's visual designs, including book design, calligraphy, furniture, decorative arts, paintings, drawings, stained glass, tapestries, textiles, and wallpapers.
  • SOCIAL THOUGHT: Although it is properly a sub-set of Morris's writings, his ideas on Socialism form a distinct and important part of the impact he had on his own society (as well as on our own today).
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