EPISODE 32: William Morris, "News from Nowhere" (1890), Part Two
Description
Chapters 9-14: 0:00 —Lunatic affairs. 2:42 —Jane (Burden) Morris. 8:40 —The position of women. 10:07 —Education. 16:21 —Political science. 19:27 —Violence. 23:48 —Governance. 25:05 —Labor. 26:51 —Interlude.
Chapters 15-22: 27:54 —Marx & More & Bellamy. 34:59 —Everything was sacrificed. 36:52 —British imperialism. 39:09 —How the change came. 44:27 —The General Strike, 1926. 46:26 —Britain, 1952. 48:52 —The Great Smog. 50:13 —British citizens. 53:17 —Literary criticism. 59:58 —Interlude.
Chapters 23-32: 1:01:01 —Murder & morbid brooding. 1:03:31 —Not an age of inventions. 1:06:46 —Leaving nowhere behind. 1:11:16 —Cottagecore. 1:12:40 —Shiny, happy people. 1:16:23 —The Techno-Optimist Manifesto. 1:20:19 —A discovery machine. 1:21:33 —Enemies list. 1:22:42 —Paths to utopia. 1:27:00 —Closing.
Text: William Morris, News from Nowhere. 1890. Oxford Univ. Press, 2003.
Interludes: Edward Elgar, Serenade for Strings in E Minor, Op.20 (1892), performed by A Far Cry at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston.
Illustration: William Morris, photograph by Frederick Hollyer, 1884, Victoria & Albert Museum.
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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