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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.
20 de abr. de 2021 · History. 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. [1]
4 de may. de 2005 · This is the custom of the kindred, and no word of mine own; I speak to thee because thou hast spoken to me, but I have no authority here, being myself but an alien. Albeit I serve the House of the Wolfings, and I love it as the hound loveth his master who feedeth him, and his master’s children who play with him.
1 de oct. de 2001 · Oct 1, 2001. Most Recently Updated. Jan 1, 2021. Copyright Status. Public domain in the USA. Downloads. 396 downloads in the last 30 days. Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free! Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.
25 de ene. de 2015 · Contents. CHAPTER I —THE DWELLINGS OF MID-MARK. CHAPTER II —THE FLITTING OF THE WAR-ARROW. CHAPTER III —THIODOLF TALKETH WITH THE WOOD-SUN. CHAPTER IV —THE HOUSE FARETH TO THE WAR. CHAPTER V —CONCERNING THE HALL-SUN. CHAPTER VI —THEY TALK ON THE WAY TO THE FOLK-THING. CHAPTER VII —THEY GATHER TO THE FOLK-MOTE.
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 ...
The book is the story of how the Wolfings fight, and eventually destroy, the invading Roman legions. But here Morris faced a problem: while he could try to reconstruct the society of these early people, their history is almost unknown, and what is known is known largely from the Roman side.
