Journey Up the Thames: William Morris and Modern EnglandFive Leaves, 2000 - 225 páginas Journey Up the Thames follows the course of the river to its source, the same journey taken by William Morris in News from Nowhere. John Payne explores both the villages and towns he passes through and the ambiguities of life in modern England. William Morris's ideas about democracy, craft, technology and the countryside form the backdrop to this journey which ends - By this sweet stream that knows not of the sea. |
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