News from Nowhere and Other Writings
by William Morris, Clive Wilmer (Editor, Introduction by, Notes by)
ISBN-10: 0140433309
ISBN-13: 9780140433302
$18.00
Book Specs
Binding
UK-B Format Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Published on
Jan 4, 1994
Edition
1st Edition
Dimensions
7.80x5.08x0.86 Inches
Weight
0.73 Pounds
About the Book
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.