Bennett, P. (2013) Educating for Utopia: William Morris on useful learning versus 'useless toil'. The Journal of William Morris Studies. 20(2), pp. 54-72. 1756-1353.
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Abstract:
This is article was written for a special edition of The Journal of William Morris Studies, published Summer 2013 to honour Peter Faulkner, formerly of Exeter University and a leading Morris scholar. The article examines contemporary debates about higher education alongside similar debates in the nineteenth century, and more specifically in the nineteenth-century Socialist movement as exemplified in the work of William Morris. It provides an extensive analysis of Morris’s writings on education, something not addressed in any detail previously in Morris scholarship, drawing together a range of material from his political lectures, journalism and fiction. It considers how nineteenth-century Socialist concepts of education, and more specifically Morris’s own views on education, continue to be of relevance to contemporary debates about the nature, purpose and value of a public education system
Uncontrolled Keywords:
William Morris; Victorian; nineteenth century; education; socialism
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Creators:
Bennett, P.
Publisher:
The William Morris Society
Faculties, Divisions and Institutes:
University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Faculty of Education & Humanities > English and Creative Writing
University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Research Centre > Centre for Critical and Creative Writing
Faculties > Faculty of Education & Humanities > English and Creative Writing
Research Centres > Centre for Critical and Creative Writing
University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Research Centre > Centre for Critical and Creative Writing
Faculties > Faculty of Education & Humanities > English and Creative Writing
Research Centres > Centre for Critical and Creative Writing
Date:
July 2013
Date Type:
Publication
Page Range:
pp. 54-72
Journal or Publication Title:
The Journal of William Morris Studies
Volume:
20
Number:
2
Language:
English
ISSN:
1756-1353
Status:
Published / Disseminated
Refereed:
Yes
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