Talk:William Morris

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Critique of Morris link

A critique of Morris can be found on [1]. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Szczels (talk • contribs) (08:59, 3 February 2006)

Kelmscott Press page

Hi, I'm going to be working on a new page for the Kelmscott Press. Let me know if you have suggestions for sources. I have the Peterson history of the press, which looks exhaustive, and six other books of varying relevance, but I haven't yet looked for any modern analysis in journal articles. Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 16:51, 22 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Here's a photo I took of the Kelmscott Chaucer, Rachel Helps (BYU). I own copies of the Morris biographies by E.P. Thompson and Fiona McCarthy. I am happy to help. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 02:27, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Cullen328 This is what I have so far. I mostly summarize the Peterson book The Kelmscott Press: A History of William Morris's Typographical Adventure. I have a tendency to include too much detail when I draw from mostly one source like this. Feel free to edit my sandbox page. I have some other projects I'm working on and I might not finish it until the end of August or so. Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 15:55, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Press now has its own page under development at Kelmscott Press. Thanks all concerned.--Mervyn (talk) 14:53, 1 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Fascist Quarterly essay

William Morris is the subject of an essay "William Morris: National Socialist" by Arthur Reade (Arthur Reade?), which appeared in the Fascist Quarterly, a journal associated with the British Union of Fascists, and is reprinted in the book Fascist Voices: Essays from the 'Fascist Quarterly' 1936-1940, which is [currently in print and sold on Amazon]. Though obscure (this is the only place that I have seen Morris associated with fascism), it seems notable, at least, and probably indicative that Morris was associated with fascism elsewhere. I cannot see where it would fit in the article, so I am posting it here, in case anyone else think it's worthy of inclusion. Sinopecynic (talk) 01:24, 19 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

If it's an obscure article and the the only occasion you've seen Morris associated with fascism, I don't think it's worth including. Evidently the author's attempt to appropriate Morris didn't gain traction even within fascist circles. --Ismail (talk) 10:34, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Socialism in one country

The article states, 'He [Morris] composed the SL's manifesto with Bax, describing their position as that of "Revolutionary International Socialism", advocating proletarian internationalism and world revolution while rejecting the concept of socialism in one country.'

This doesn't make any sense. The theory of socialism in one country developed after the October Revolution, in particular due to the failures of revolutions in Western Europe.

Morris obviously can't have 'reject[ed]the concept' as the article states, he died decades before it came to be. 80.192.40.77 (talk) 11:30, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You really think "the concept of socialism in one country" hadn't ever occurred to anyone before Russian MLs? Johnbod (talk) 15:25, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]