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Redesigning the World

William Morris, the 1880s and the Arts and Crafts

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Redesigning the World

By: Peter Stansky
Narrated by: Michael Bonner
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Socialist, philosopher, and poet William Morris (1834 - 1896) was at the center of the design renaissance of the 1880s, not only because of his celebrated hostility to aspects of machine culture, but because of his success as a designer and businessman whose work had enormous influence on the next generation of artists, craftsmen, and designers.

"A very readable and enjoyable book. It is not so much a biography of William Morris as a consideration of him as a political and esthetic phenomenon and as the founder of a number of organizations - the Century Guild, the Arts Workers Guild, and the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society. Dr. Stansky examines them with a learning that is never pedantic, frequently humorous and always intelligent." (The New York Times book review)

Peter Stansky is professor of history at Stanford University and the author of numerous works on British history.

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I could not finish this one. I was most interested in learning more about William Morris. But found that I struggled to get thru those 2 chapters. I was distracted by the performance and found that the actor's incessant need to create accents when reading historical quotes completely off-putting. This is a reference book, not a novel. Acting out and putting on accents you think to belong to actual people living in the 19th century is inappropriate .

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