Ebook {Epub PDF} The Glittering Plain by William Morris

The Glittering Plain (Paperback) Published September 1st by Newcastle Publishing Company. Paperback. Author (s): William Morris. ISBN: X (ISBN Cited by: 3. The Story of the Glittering Plain, one of William Morris's own prose romances, was the first book printed at his Kelmscott Press. He returned to it three years later in and brought out a large illustrated version. This is the only book he did more than once at Kelmscott.  · Out of all of Morris's prose romances, The Story of The Glittering Plain is the shortest and easiest to read, especially if you are not a fan of Morris's archaic language. The book is highly inspired by medieval Iceland, but as the hero Hallblithe encounters different societies on his journey, the reader is equally confronted with different views on society/5.

William Morris, "The Story of the Glittering Plain," William Morris Archive, accessed Novem, www.doorway.ru Morris named new Enterprise_____ () and its first production was "the story of the glittering plain" by William Morris, was illustrations by Walter crane. Initially 20 copies for planned, but as word of the Enterprise spread Morris was persuaded to increase press run to copies on paper and 6 on Vellum. Bibliographic Record. Author. Morris, William, Title. The Story of the Glittering Plain. Which Has Been Also Called the Land of Living Men or the Acre of the Undying. Language. English. LoC Class.

The Story of the Glittering Plain, one of William Morris's own prose romances, was the first book printed at his Kelmscott Press. He returned to it three years later in and brought out a large illustrated version. This is the only book he did more than once at Kelmscott. The Story of the Glittering Plain is an fantasy novel by William Morris, perhaps the first modern fantasy writer to unite an imaginary world with the element of the supernatural, and thus the precursor of much of present-day fantasy literature. It is also important for its exploration of the socialist themes that interested Morris. His earlier fantasies The House of the Wolfings and The Roots of the Mountains were to some degree historical novels. Like these The Story of the Glittering Plai. Out of all of Morris's prose romances, The Story of The Glittering Plain is the shortest and easiest to read, especially if you are not a fan of Morris's archaic language. The book is highly inspired by medieval Iceland, but as the hero Hallblithe encounters different societies on his journey, the reader is equally confronted with different views on society.