William Morris and John Ruskin

A wide-ranging collection of essays written for the William Morris Society exploring the various intersections between the life, work and achievements of William Morris (1834-1896) and that of John Ruskin (1819-1900).Subjects covered include Ruskin s connection with the Pre-Raphaelite movement, the promotion of craft skills and meaningful work, Morris and the division of labour, Ruskin s engagement with education and the environment, Ruskin and the art and architecture of Red House, the parallels between Ruskin s support for Laxey Mill and Morris s Merton Abbey Works, the illustrated manuscript and the contrasts between Ruskin s Tory paternalism and Morris s revolutionary socialism. The book includes articles first published in The Journal of William Morris Studies between 1977 and 2012 and new pieces written especially for this volume.Ruskin's beliefs had a profound and lasting impact on Morris who wrote, upon first reading Ruskin whilst at Oxford University, that his views offered a 'new road on which the world should travel' - a road that led Morris to social and political change.