tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805540988587071256.post4653256151763235962..comments2024-03-05T02:37:43.002-08:00Comments on william morris unbound: Reading AloudTony Pinkneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10044449613701140938noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805540988587071256.post-60752072817597583742014-06-05T00:05:53.748-07:002014-06-05T00:05:53.748-07:00'Worthless' is a strong word, I admit, Lin...'Worthless' is a strong word, I admit, Linda, but it doesn't seem to me essentially out of kilter with Morris's own judgement (in a letter to Georgiana Burne-Jones of 21 August 1883) that 'Poetry goes with the hand-arts I think, and like them has now become unreal: the arts have got to die, what is left of them, before they can be born again'. And when he writes 'Pilgrims of Hope' for 'Commonweal', then poetry is indeed being born again. As for the music tape, H.C.X., I shall pursue it, thanks for the reference.Tony Pinkneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10044449613701140938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805540988587071256.post-72563301799937270982014-06-04T08:36:37.313-07:002014-06-04T08:36:37.313-07:00I don't think that anything William Morris wro...I don't think that anything William Morris wrote can really be described as 'worthless'.<br />Lindalindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09136293814566941063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805540988587071256.post-35809511352987908662014-05-28T00:11:29.623-07:002014-05-28T00:11:29.623-07:00If you're collecting old Morris-related tapes ...If you're collecting old Morris-related tapes from charity shops and car boot sales, Tony, then you might look out for the Past Times 'Earthly Paradise' tape which offers, in its own words, "Music loved by William Morris". Sounds naff, I realise, but it's actually quite a nice collection of early music.H.C. Xanthusnoreply@blogger.com