William Morris and John Ruskin: A New Road on Which the World Should Travel [Hardcover]

A wide-ranging collection of essays written for the William Morris Society exploring the various intersections between the life, work and achievements of William Morris (1834-1896) and that of John Ruskin (1819-1900). Subjects covered include Ruskin's connection with the Pre-Raphaelite movement, the promotion of craft skills and meaningful work, Morris and the division of labour, Ruskin's engagement with education and the environment, Ruskin and the art and architecture of Red House, the parallels between Ruskin's support for Laxey Mill and Morris's Merton Abbey Works, the illustrated manuscript and the contrasts between Ruskin's Tory paternalism and Morris's revolutionary socialism. The book includes articles first published in The Journal of William Morris Studies between 1977 and 2012 and new pieces written especially for this volume. Ruskin's beliefs had a profound and lasting impact on Morris who wrote, upon first reading Ruskin whilst at Oxford University, that his views offered a new road on which the world should travel - a road that led Morris to social and political change.Includes articles first published in The Journal of William Morris Studies and new pieces written for this book. Subjects include promotion of craft skills and meaningful work, division of labour, education, environment, art and architecture and the contrasts between Ruskin's (1819-1900) Tory paternalism and Morris's (1834-1896) socialism.The William Morris Society Notes on Contributors 1 Introduction - John Blewitt 2 Ruskin and Morris - Peter Faulkner 3 John Ruskin: patron or patriarch? - Robert Brownell 4 ' This link between the Earth and Man : Ruskin, Morris, and Education' - Sara Atwood 5 Red House and Ruskin - Jacques Migeon 6 Morris and Pre-Raphaelitism - Peter Faulkner 7 Ruskin and Fairfax Murray - David Elliot 8 John Ruskin, William Morris and the Illuminated Manuscript - Evelyn J. Phimister 9 Medievalism in Morris's Aesthetic Theory - Michael Naslas 10 'Bawling thelc(