The Well at the World’s End is among the most famous Victorian fantasy novels written by William Morris. The author engaged medieval elements and, I daresay, language to create a unique and quite well settled secondary world, well defined and with its topography explained in detail/5. · The Well as the World's End is the best-selling classic heralded as the grandfather of world-building fantasy literature. Ralph of Upmeads, the youngest son of King Peter, has acted against his parents' wishes to pursue adventure. But Ralph does not want just any www.doorway.ru: William Morris The Well at World's EndWilliam Morris, a textile artist, was enamored of medieval chivalric romances, so The Well at the World's End, published in , is his contribution to that dying literary genre. Thus, you'll find heroic knights on quests, damsels in distress, and scary beasts to slay/5(13).
The Well at World's End was one of William Morris' fantasy novels. Set in a medival fantasy setting, the hero, Ralph of Upmeads, a minor son of a minor king, sets out in search of the Well at World's End. This well grants near-immortality and a heightened sense of destiny. Ralph meets a mysterious woman who has found the well, however, she is. The Well At The World's End: Volume I by William Morris ratings, average rating, 35 reviews The Well At The World's End Quotes Showing of 1 "With the arrogance of youth, I determined to do no less than to transform the world with Beauty. The Well at the World's End is a good read even for modern readers. It is an excellent example of "romance." It is also good just as a curiosity read. Fans of Tolkien, Lewis, and Eliot should visit William Morris's writings. Personally, my favorite thing about the book was the archaic prose. For the first twenty pages I thought it would be.
The Well at the World's End, Volume I (actually comprising volumes 1 2 of the original published 4 volume work) by William Morris is considered one of the first "pure" fantasies--previous fantasies being set in "exotic" places (similar to Arabian Nights), rather than being set in entirely created settings. The Well at the Worlds End By William Morris The Well at the World's End was among the very first of its kind--it is an epic romance of duplicity, machination, passion, and wizardry, and is, in short, a vast odyssey into the weird. William Morris The Well at World's EndWilliam Morris, a textile artist, was enamored of medieval chivalric romances, so The Well at the World's End, published in , is his contribution to that dying literary genre. Thus, you'll find heroic knights on quests, damsels in distress, and scary beasts to slay.
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