News from Somewhere: William Morris et l’héritage socialiste britannique

Though the Marxist influence on Morris’s News from Nowhere has often been emphasised, especially by Paul Meier in his famous biography, little has been written about possible connections between two highly productive periods in the 19th century: the 1820s and 1830s on the one hand, and the late 1880...

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Main Author: Michel Prum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre de Recherche et d'Etudes en Civilisation Britannique 2004-09-01
Series:Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique
Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/rfcb/3248
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Summary:Though the Marxist influence on Morris’s News from Nowhere has often been emphasised, especially by Paul Meier in his famous biography, little has been written about possible connections between two highly productive periods in the 19th century: the 1820s and 1830s on the one hand, and the late 1880s and 1890s on the other. An analysis of two socialist authors, John Francis Bray and William Thompson, shows some possible links on such topics as the two-stage theory of the Revolution, the role of the working class or the question of incentives to work in a communist society.
ISSN:0248-9015
2429-4373