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EPISODE 31: William Morris, "News from Nowhere" (1890), Part One

EPISODE 31: William Morris, "News from Nowhere" (1890), Part One

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Chapters 1-3: 0:00 —Cranks & fire-eaters. 5:54 —Nowhere man. 7:53 —Morris the craftsman & owner & educator. 12:01 —The Great Stink. 14:59 —Bridging the past. 16:27 —Colney Hatch. 20:08 —Housing. 21:37 —Upholstered women. 23:58 —The Hammersmith Socialists.  26:06 —Happy expressions. 27:20 —Interlude.


Chapters 4-8: 28:04 —Poor country people. 32:54 —Good work. 38:31 —Bookkeeping. 39:34 —Institutions. 41:19 —The Houses of Parliament. 45:21 —Gladstone & the Liberals. 49:48 —Bloody Sunday. 55:22 —On the verge. 59:30 —Closing.


Text: William Morris, News from Nowhere. 1890. Oxford Univ. Press, 2003.


Interlude: Gustave Holst, "In the Bleak Midwinter" (1905), performed by Steve's Bedroom Band (string quartet), IMSLP.


Illustration: William Morris (detail), photograph by Frederick Hollyer (c. 1890), Wikimedia.






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Contact: jimjneilson@gmail.com






Thanks to Professor Steven Vincent and the students of History 522: European Intellectual History, NCSU Fall 2023.

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