Ingrid Hanson

William Morris and the Uses of Violence, 1856-1890 (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

'William Morris and the Uses of Violence, 1856-1890' offers a new reading of Morris's work, foregrounding his commitment to the idea of transformative violence. Hanson argues, contrary to prevailing critical opinion, that Morris's work demonstrates an enduring commitment to an ideal of violent battle and that combat, both imaginary and actual, is represented as a potentially renewing and generative force in his writings, from the earliest short stories to the late propaganda poems and political romances.

Hanson examines Morris's imagination of violence as a way of understanding the world and the self. The interactions of combat, work and play, of self-sacrifice and hope, class war and prowess in his writings draw together conflicting cultural narratives about individual and political identity in a way that complicates or reframes their meanings.

Moving chronologically through his works, the book discusses the philosophy and phenomenology of violence by which Morris delineates his ethical and aesthetic positions, as well as examining the ways in which they intersect with those of his contemporaries. It combines close readings of his work with historical and contextual analysis to suggest that Morris's paradoxical commitment to violence as a means to wholeness shapes the form and style of his works as well as their content and reception.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857283238
• Artikelnr.: 44360975

Autorenporträt

Ingrid Hanson is a lecturer in nineteenth-century literature at the University of Hull.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction: Warriors Waiting for the Word
Chapter One: The Early Romances and the Transformative Touch of Violence
Chapter Two: Knightly Women and the Imagination of Battle in 'The Defence of Guenevere, and Other Poems '
Chapter Three: 'Sigurd the Volsung' and the Parameters of Manliness
Chapter Four: Crossing the River of Violence: The Germanic Antiwars and the Uncivilized Uses of Work and Play
Chapter Five: 'All for the Cause': Fellowship, Sacrifice and Fruitful War
Afterword: 'Hopeful Strife and Blameless Peace'
Notes
Bibliography
Index