William Morris's Utopia of Strangers: Victorian Medievalism and the Ideal of Hospitality by Marcus Waithe
William Morris's Utopia of Strangers: Victorian Medievalism and the Ideal of Hospitality (English Association Studies) by Marcus Waithe
English | Oct 19, 2006 | ISBN: 184384088X | 236 Pages | PDF | 2 MB
English | Oct 19, 2006 | ISBN: 184384088X | 236 Pages | PDF | 2 MB
It is commonly argued that William Morris's notion of the good society is uniquely tolerant - a claim which this book tests, asking whether Victorian medievalism and the associated ideal of hospitality offered Morris the resources to develop a new conception of utopia, characterized by openness rather than classical exclusivity.