The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems
1858
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And ever the great bell overhead" "Boom'd in the wind a knell for the dead —" "Though no one toll'd it, a knell for the dead!" — "The Blue Closet" William Morris (1834-1896), author of such prose romances as "The Well at the World's End," was early associated with the Pre-Raphaelites—as is nowhere more evident than in the Medievalist verses and verse-dramas in his earliest collection of poetry, "The Defense of Guenevere, and Other Poems." Here Morris explores many of the ideas and themes that would provide continued inspiration throughout his long and influential career—especially those arising out of the Arthurian tradition, such as "King Arthur's Tomb," and "Sir Galahad, A Christmas Mystery.
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William Morris
Author · 32 books
William Morris was an English architect, furniture and textile designer, artist, writer, socialist and Marxist associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and the English Arts and Crafts Movement. Morris wrote and published poetry, fiction, and translations of ancient and medieval texts throughout his life. His best-known works include The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems (1858), The Earthly Paradise (1868–1870), A Dream of John Ball and the utopian News from Nowhere. He was an important figure in the emergence of socialism in Britain, founding the Socialist League in 1884, but breaking with the movement over goals and methods by the end of that decade. He devoted much of the rest of his life to the Kelmscott Press, which he founded in 1891. The 1896 Kelmscott edition of the Works of Geoffrey Chaucer is considered a masterpiece of book design.
