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William Morris's Kelmscott (Paperback)

Landscape and History

Hobbies & Lifestyle > Science > Environmental & Earth Sciences P&S History > Archaeology > British Archaeology

Imprint: Windgather Press
Pages: 221
Illustrations: col and b/w illus
ISBN: 9781905119141
Published: 1st December 2007
Casemate UK Academic

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Kelmscott Manor is forever linked with the name of William Morris, pioneer conservationist and utopian socialist, designer and father of the Arts and Crafts tradition. The manor played a crucial role in shaping his thought: at the climactic moment of his futuristic novel, News from Nowhere, Morris lifts the latch of the Manor's garden gate and finds his personal holy grail.  

 

Morris was drawn by the organic relationship between Kelmscott and its landscape: the linkage of stone walls and roof tiles to the geology and the soil, and the honest toil of the people to  the agricultural cycle. The fruits of the Kelmscott Landscape Project established in 1996 by the Society of Antiquaries of  London, the owners of Kelmscott Manor today, this book is a multi-faceted examination of Kelmscott's history. Archaeology, from prehistory to the present day, the architectural development of the Manor before and after Morris knew it, and the art that the village and Manor have inspired all receive rich, illustrated coverage. The result is a vivid portrait of a Thames-side village  transformed by its association with Morris, a book which demonstrates the rich connections between culture and landscape in a particular place.

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