William Morris (1834-1896)

A selective list of online literary criticism for the Victorian poet, novelist, designer, socialist and reformer William Morris, favoring signed articles by recognized scholars, articles published in reviewed sources, and web sites that adhere to the Modern Language Association Guidelines for Authors of Web Pages

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Literary Criticism

Heywood, Andrew. "William Morris and music: Craftsman's art? Andrew Heywood asks How musical was William Morris?" Musical Times, Autumn 1998

Mackail, J.M.. An old William Morris biography, from The Dictionary of National Biography (1901), William Morris Society

Pearson, Richard. A substantial introduction to William Morris from the Literary Encyclopedia

Talbot, Norman. Talbot discusses the imaginative resilience and integrity of Morris's later poetry. Victorian Poetry, Volume 35, no. 1, Spring 1996, The "Pomona" Lyric and Female Power (taken offline)

Special William Morris Issue of Victorian Poetry contains nine articles on William Morris. Victorian Poetry, vol. 34, No. 3 (taken offline)

Introduction

On William Morris from George Landow's Victorian Web

The Society for the Arts and Crafts Movement in Surrey web site has reading lists for William Morris, John Ruskin, the Bloomsbury Group, and others

Article in the (U.K) Guardian about a Morris house that has been acquired by the National Trust. "William Morris built his Red House in Bexleyheath, Kent, as a family home as well as a showcase for his ebullient decorations. It became an organic depiction of his philosophy of life, love and 'art for the people.'"

An introduction to William Morris, the English craftsman, poet, and early socialist, whose designs launched the Arts and Crafts Movement in the later half of the nineteenth century, courtesy of the Books and Writers web site, Kuusankoski Public Library, Finland

Older criticism on William Morris, from The Cambridge History of English and American Literature in 18 Volumes (1907-21)

Internet Texts, Web Sites

The William Morris Society web site, provides news about William Morris events, photographs, biographies, bibliography, sample articles from the Journal of the William Morris Society, and more

Annotated bibliography for William Morris, from Jon Smith, instructor at Univ. of Michigan, Dearborn

Web site for The Journal of Pre-Raphaelite Studies, a semi-annual, refereed journal covering Pre-Raphaelite, aesthetic, and decadent art, culture, and literature. The web site currently provides a list of article titles back to 1987

An extensive list of magazine and newspaper articles dealing with Pre-Raphaelite literature or art from 1846-1900, with links to the etexts of the reviews

Notes on the Victorians and their art from the Tate Museum, designed for use by teachers of all grade levels, provides a good introduction to the Victorian period and particularly to Victorian art

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