"A Dream of John Ball"

Title"A Dream of John Ball"
Year for Search1886
AuthorsMorris, William(1834-1896)
Secondary TitleThe Commonweal
Volume / Edition2 - 3.44 - 54
Pagination257-58, 266-67, 274-75, 282-83, 290-91, 298-99, 307; 3, 13, 20-21, 28-29
Date PublishedNovember 13, 1886 - January 22, 1887
KeywordsEnglish author, Male author
Annotation

John Ball (ca. 1338-81) was a priest who was involved in the in the Peasant's Revolt of 1381, and his dream is of the success of the revolt. See 1958 Fairburn for another eutopia focusing on Ball. See also 1884, 1887, 1889, and 1890 Morris. 

Additional Publishers

First published in book form as A Dream of John Ball and A King’s Lesson (Reprinted from the ‘Commonweal’). London: Reeves and Turner, 1888. Rpt. in The Collected Works of William Morris With Introductions By His Daughter May Morris. Volume XVI New From Nowhere A Dream of John Ball A King’s Lesson. 24 vols. (London: Longmans Green and Co., 1912), 16: 213-88. L, L(NL)

Info Notes

For details on Morris’s publications and studies on all aspects of Morris’s career, see David Latham and Sheila Latham, An Annotated Critical Bibliography of William Morris. London: Harvester Wheatsheaf/New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1991 and studies on all aspects of Morris’s career; and Eugene D. LeMire, A Bibliography of William Morris. London: British Library/New Castle, DL: Oak Knoll Press, 2006.

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Author Note

(1834-96)

Full Text

1886-87 Morris, William (1834-96). “A Dream of John Ball.” The Commonweal 2 – 3.44 - 54 (November 13, 1886 - January 22, 1887): 257-58, 266-67, 274-75, 282-83, 290-91, 298-99, 307; 3, 13, 20-21, 28-29. First published in book form as A Dream of John Ball and A King’s Lesson (Reprinted from the ‘Commonweal’). London: Reeves and Turner, 1888. Rpt. in The Collected Works of William Morris With Introductions By His Daughter May Morris. Volume XVI New From Nowhere A Dream of John Ball A King’s Lesson. 24 vols. (London: Longmans Green and Co., 1912), 16: 213-88. L, L(NL)

John Ball (ca. 1338-81) was a priest who was involved in the in the Peasant's Revolt of 1381 and his dream is of the success of the revolt. See 1958 Fairburn for another eutopia focusing on Ball. See also 1884, 1887, 1889, and 1890 Morris. For details on Morris’s publications and studies on all aspects of Morris’s career, see David Latham and Sheila Latham, An Annotated Critical Bibliography of William Morris. London: Harvester Wheatsheaf/New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1991 and studies on all aspects of Morris’s career; and Eugene D. LeMire, A Bibliography of William Morris. London: British Library/New Castle, DL: Oak Knoll Press, 2006.