Reclaiming William Morris
Englishness, Sublimity, and the Rhetoric of Dissent
Casting new light on the relations between nationalism, rhetoric, and revolution, Michelle Weinroth shows how the English legacy of William Morris was appropriated in the interests of political forces seeking hegemonic power. She argues that Conservative claimants disseminated Morris's aesthetic oeuvre readily, declaring it the embodiment of English sensibility. Communists, however, struggled to retain Morris's Englishness while promoting his political doctrine. Weinroth demonstrates that these peripheral ideologues were caught in a paradox: they could not grip the masses without the aesthetic appeal of Englishness, but Englishness was imbued…
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- ISBN: 978-0-7735-1439-3
- EAN: 9780773514393
- Produktnummer: 1651738
- Verlag: McGill-Queen's University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1996
- Seitenangabe: 320 S.
- Masse: 666 g
- Gewicht: 666
- Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational
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