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The Earthly Paradise by William Morris is an epic poem. It is a lengthy collection of retellings of various myths and legends from Greece and Scandinavia. Publication began in 1868 and several later volumes followed until 1870. The volumes were published by F.S. Ellis. [1]
The William Morris Gallery in Walthamstow, England, is a public museum devoted to Morris's life, work and influence. [299] [300] [301] The William Morris Society is based at Morris's final London home, Kelmscott House, Hammersmith, and is an international members society, museum and venue for lectures and other Morris-related events. [302]
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs (1876) is an epic poem of over 10,000 lines by William Morris that tells the tragic story, drawn from the Volsunga Saga and the Elder Edda, of the Norse hero Sigmund, his son Sigurd (the equivalent of Siegfried in the Nibelungenlied and Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung [1] [2]) and Sigurd's wife Gudrun.
The Kelmscott Press, founded by William Morris and Emery Walker, published 53 books in 66 volumes [1] between 1891 and 1898. Each book was designed and ornamented by Morris and printed by hand in limited editions of around 300.
The Early Romances of William Morris in Prose and Verse on Archive.org contains all the stories. Prose Romances from the Oxford and Cambridge Magazine (1856) on Librivox.org is a public domain audiobook of the stories. Golden Wings and Other Stories title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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The poem is a grimly realistic piece set in France during the Hundred Years' War. The doomed lovers Jehane and Robert de Marny flee with a small escort through a convincingly portrayed rain-swept countryside, to reach the safety of English-held Gascony. They are however intercepted by the treacherous Godmar and have a last despairing parting ...
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