Taps in to the surge of interest in IcelandLiterary appeal in the genre of 'Writers on Writers' - writers on the influence of other great artists and writersMorris is well known as a decorative artist, his designs remain hugely popularSales potential in Art and Design & museum outlets Lavinia Greenlaw is a prize-winning poet and author and will be available for promotional opportunities at time of publication. Publishing in paperback for the first time in NHE's distinctive design with French Flaps.
William Morris (1834-1896) was the foremost English designer of his
time, apolemicist and reformer, poet and traveler. He is regarded
as one of the myriadmindedgiants of the nineteenth century, and his
graphic and wallpaper designs arestill highly popular today.
Lavinia Greenlaw is a poet, novelist, documentary filmmaker, and
BBC broadcaster.She studied seventeenth-century art at the
Courtauld Institute of Art and was awardeda three-year NESTA
Fellowship to pursue her interest in vision, travel, and
perception.Her poetry includes Minsk and The Casual Perfect. She is
also the authorof two novels, Mary George of Allnorthover and An
Irresponsible Age- Thoughts of aNight Sea (in collaboration with
Gerry Fabian Miller), and the nonfiction book TheImportance of
Music to Girls. She is a professor of creative writing at the
Universityof East Anglia.
Morris's journals... are precious and unique because they are so simply and beautifully written with the informed sense of wonder of a deeply learned and sophisticated man. No one except Ruskin has ever put the case for beauty with such vehemence and clarity. Ian McQueen, The Guardian; At a time of endless half-truths and moral shilly-shallying, Morris's eccentric integrity shines out. Fiona MacCarthy; Greenlaw has brilliantly found a new form for writing about Morris, and for this we can only be grateful. Tony Pinkney in William Morris Unbound; The best book of travel written by an English poet is William Morris's Icelandic Journal. Geoffrey Grigson
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