For the Victorian sage William Morris, the subjects of art and society were inseparable. This outstanding collection of 11 lectures and an essay illustrates Morris’s convictions. Includes: "Art: A Serious Thing," "Useful Work vs. Useless Toil," "The Dawn of a New Epoch," and "The Present Outlook of Socialism." Introduction. Biographical Note.
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Eminent Victorians by Lytton Strachey In a challenge to 19th-century liberal values, Strachey skewers the legends glorifying Florence Nightingale, educator Thomas Arnold, Cardinal Henry Manning, and General Charles "Chinese" Gordon in these razor-sharp essays.
The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli Classic, Renaissance-era guide to acquiring and maintaining political power. Today, nearly 500 years after it was written, this calculating prescription for autocratic rule continues to be much read and studied.
