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William Morris (24 March 1834 – 3 October 1896) was a British textile designer, poet, novelist, translator and socialist activist associated with the British Arts and Crafts Movement. He was a major contributor to the revival of traditional British textile arts and methods of production. His literary contributions helped to establish the modern fantasy genre, while he helped win acceptance of socialism in fin de siècle Great Britain. (From: Wikipedia.org.)
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Introduction
Signs of Change is a collection of talks and writing for the Commonweal produced by William Morris during the 1880s, and first published as a book in 1888. Together they make the best summaries of William Morris's fusion of Marxism with his deep knowledge of medieval history and his unique ideas on art and the nature of work.
This version is taken from the from the 1896 Longmans, Green, and Co. edition, originally prepared by David Price for Project Gutenberg, and converted to XHTML by Graham Seaman.
Introduction by Graham Seaman, 9th May 2003
From : Marxists.org
William Morris (24 March 1834 – 3 October 1896) was a British textile designer, poet, novelist, translator and socialist activist associated with the British Arts and Crafts Movement. He was a major contributor to the revival of traditional British textile arts and methods of production. His literary contributions helped to establish the modern fantasy genre, while he helped win acceptance of socialism in fin de siècle Great Britain. (From: Wikipedia.org.)
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