How the writings of William Morris shaped the literary style of Tennyson, Swinburne, Gissing, and Yeats
Subtitle: Barthesian re-writings based on the pleasure of distorting repetition
By: Eleonora Sasso ; with a foreword by Francesco Marroni
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lewiston, N.Y
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780773439139
Subjects: Authors and readers; Criticism and interpretation; History; Influence; Imitation in literature; Contemporaries
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The secret admirer : Tennyson, Morris and the Arthurian competition; title: The sensual imitator : Swinburne, Morris and the fleshly school; title: The unfriendly observer : Gissing's response to Morris's social commitment; title: The faithful reader : W.B. Yeats, Morris and the seduction of the fantastic.