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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462371803321

Autore

Hanson Ingrid

Titolo

William Morris and the uses of violence, 1856-1890 / / Ingrid Hanson [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Anthem Press, , 2013

ISBN

0-85728-323-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxi, 230 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Anthem Nineteenth-Century Series

Disciplina

821/.8

Soggetti

Violence in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Warriors waiting for the word -- The early romances and the transformative touch of violence -- Knightly women and the imagination of battle in the defence of Guenevere, and other poems -- Sigurd the Volsung and the parameters of manliness -- Crossing the river of violence: the Germanic antiwars and the uncivilized uses of work and play -- All for the cause: fellowship, sacrifice and fruitful war -- Afterword: Hopeful strife and blameless peace.

Sommario/riassunto

‘William Morris and the Uses of Violence, 1856–1890’ combines a close reading of Morris’s work with historical and philosophical analysis in order to argue, contrary to prevailing critical opinion, that his writings demonstrate an enduring commitment to an ideal of violent battle. The work examines Morris’s representations of violence in relation to the wider cultural preoccupations and political movements with which they intersect, including medievalism, Teutonism, and the visionary, fractured socialism of the ‘fin de siècle’.