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Literature in English, British Isles

William & Mary

1991

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An Interview With William Morris, September, 1885: His Arrest And Freedom Of Speech, Terry L. Meyers Jan 1991

An Interview With William Morris, September, 1885: His Arrest And Freedom Of Speech, Terry L. Meyers

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"Until recently, it had been presume that after William Morris was arrested on September 21, 1885, in a me lee at the Thames Police Court, he made no public comment on the incident (Thompson 398). Norman Kelvin's edition of Morris's letters, however, includes a letter about the incident to the Daily News published on September 23, 1885 (Morris 456-57). To this letter may now be added the following interview with Morris printed in the Pall Mall Gazette, also on September 23, 1885, p. 4..."