William Morris, Poems by the Way

Robert Boenig (Texas A&M University)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.07: English Writing and Culture of the Victorian Period, 1837-1901.
Vol. editors: Gillian Fenwick (University of Toronto), Jessica Gossling (Goldsmiths College, University of London)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1891

Places

England (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Poem collection

Resources

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Towards the end of September 1891, William Morris printed his

Poems by the Way

as one of the earliest volumes done at his Kelmscott Press, which he had recently founded to produce beautiful books by using methods developed by the earliest European printers. The volume was soon associated with another of Morris's books of poetry,

Love Is Enough

(first published in 1872), for the two were printed in one volume by Longmans, Green in 1896, the year of Morris's death, and Morris' daughter, May, again coupled them when she edited in 1911 Volume 9 of Morris's

Collected Works

Poems by the Way

is a miscellany of short and medium-length poems that Morris had written at various times during his productive life. Since Morris's reputation as a visual artist surpassed that of his reputation as a poet…

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Citation: Boenig, Robert. "Poems by the Way". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 September 2007 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=2678, accessed 19 April 2024.]

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