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William Morris (1834 - 1896)
Category: English Literature Born: March 24, 1834
Walthamstow, London, England Died: October 3, 1896
Hammersmith, London, England
Related authors:
Christina Rossetti, Elizabeth Siddal, Geoffrey Chaucer, George Bernard Shaw, John Ball, Sir Thomas Malory, T. H. White, William Caxton
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John Ball & William Morris
On this day in 1381, preacher John Ball spoke at Blackheath to those assembled for the Peasants' Revolt, inciting them with perhaps the most provocative rhymed couplet in history: "When Adam delved and Eve span, / Who was then the gentleman?" The rebels apparently took up this chant as they marched to London to demand a life of more than digging and spinning from fourteen-year-old Richard II. |
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| 10/3/1896 |
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Being William Morris
On this day in 1896 William Morris died at the age of sixty-two. Morris was one of the most talented and respected figures in the Victorian Era, but the superhuman range and pace of his vocations -- painter, architect, designer, craftsman, writer, book-maker, socialist crusader -- caused one physician to attribute his death to "simply being William Morris, and having done more work than most ten men." |
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The Victorian Web
A collection of essays outlines the political and social context in which Morris wrote, major themes, characterizations, use of imagery and symbolism, concordances with other authors (including Geoffrey Chaucer, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Ruskin, Alfred Lord Tennyson), and other literary criticism and analysis. |  | William Morris Society
Directory of resources about all-things-Morris. Features a biography, electronic texts, portraits and other images, listservs and discussion groups, and links to related websites. Also includes information about the society and upcoming conferences, exhibitions, lectures, and social gatherings. | |
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