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Plot. The House of the Wolfings is a romantically reconstructed portrait of the lives of the Germanic Gothic tribes, written in an archaic style and incorporating a large amount of poetry. Morris combines his own idealistic views with what was actually known at the time of his subjects' folkways and language.
- William Morris
- 1889
Apr 20, 2021 · William Morris. Publisher. Reeves & Turner (1st ed.) Released. December 1888 (1st ed.) A Tale of the House of the Wolfings and All the Kindreds of the Mark is a novel by William Morris. It was the first of the author's 'prose romances', written during his last eight years. The novel was followed by The Roots of the Mountains.
May 4, 2005 · THE HOUSE OF THE WOLFINGS A TALE OF THE HOUSE OF THE WOLFINGS AND ALL THE KINDREDS OF THE MARK WRITTEN IN PROSE AND IN VERSE by William Morris. Whiles in the early Winter eve We pass amid the gathering night Some homestead that we had to leave Years past; and see its candles bright Shine in the room beside the door Where we were merry years agone
Oct 1, 2001 · The House of the Wolfings A Tale of the House of the Wolfings and All the Kindreds of the Mark Written in Prose and in Verse Credits: Transcribed from the 1904 Longmans, Green, and Co. edition by David Price Language: English: LoC Class: PR: Language and Literatures: English literature: Subject: Fantasy fiction Category: Text: EBook-No. 2885 ...
- William Morris
- 1889
The House of the Wolfings (1888) and The Roots of the Mountains (1889) both describe early struggles of imaginary tribal societies toward a more coherent communal order. These paired romances constitute Morris's most concrete reconstruction of an idealized pre-socialist society-its economic organization, political features, and heroic ideals in ...
Jan 25, 2015 · THE HOUSE OF THE WOLFINGS. A TALE OF THE HOUSE OF THE WOLFINGS AND ALL THE KINDREDS OF THE MARK WRITTEN IN PROSE AND IN VERSE. by William Morris Whiles in the early Winter eve We pass amid the gathering night Some homestead that we had to leave Years past; and see its candles bright Shine in the room beside the door Where we were merry years agone
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the house fareth to the war ; concerning the hall-sun ; they talk on the way to the folk-thing ; they gather to the folk-mote ; the folk-mote of the markmen ; the ancient man of the daylings ; that carline cometh to the roof of the wolfings ; the hall-sun speaketh ; tidings of the battle in mirkwood ; the hall-sun saith another word
