Teaching William Morris

Herausgeber: Martinek, Jason D.; Miller, Elizabeth Carolyn

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Long before the word "interdisciplinary" entered the landscape of higher education, William Morris embodied that ideal. Teaching William Morris offers a wide array of perspectives on the challenges and the rewards of teaching this Victorian polymath whose ideas and creations remain so powerful today.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 616g
• ISBN-13: 9781683930730
• ISBN-10: 1683930738
• Artikelnr.: 57131830

Autorenporträt

Jason D. Martinek is associate professor of history at New Jersey City University. Elizabeth Carolyn Miller is professor of English at the University of California, Davis.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction: "The Earthly Paradox": Teaching William Morris
Jason D. Martinek and Elizabeth Carolyn Miller
Part I: Pasts and Presents
1. "Teaching Morris in Chicago, c. 1900"
Elizabeth Helsinger
2. "Naturalizing the Dignity of Labor: The Hull-House Labor Museum and
William Morris's Influence on the American Settlement House Movement"
Elizabeth Grennan Browning
3. "Time Travelling with William Morris"
John Plotz
4. "'Work and Fun' and 'Education at its Finest:' Teaching Morris at
Kelmscott House,"
Helen Elleston
5. "The Medievalism of William Morris: Teaching Through Tolkien"
KellyAnn Fitzpatrick
Part II: Political Contexts
6. "A Dream of William Cobbett? Teaching Morris's John Ball in an
Interdisciplinary Course on Victorian Radicalism"
Linda Hughes and William M. Meier
7. "'Vive La Commune!' The Imaginary of the Paris Commune and the Arts and
Crafts Movement"
Morna O'Neill
8. "'Living in Heaven': Hope and Change in News from Nowhere"
David Latham
Part III: Literat