Pilgrims of Hope
Bibliographic Citation
William Morris, “Pilgrims of Hope,” William Morris Archive, accessed April 25, 2025, http://morrisarchive.lib.uiowa.edu/items/show/103.
Title
Pilgrims of Hope
Creator
William Morris
Date
1885-03/1886-06
Publisher
The Socialist League
Commonweal
Subject
Socialist narrative
Paris Commune
contemporary history
Coverage
1871
late 19th century
1860-1880s
England
Paris
France
Extent
Chapters 1-12
Type
Poem
Epic
Historical narrative
Relation
Poems by the Way, 1891
Pilgrims of Hope, T. B. Mosher, 1901
Is Part Of
Commonweal
Poems by the Way
Has Part
Chapter 1: Vol. 1.2, March 1885, The Message of the March Wind
Chapter 2, Vol. 1.3, April 1885, The Bridge and the Street
Chapter 3, Vol. 1.5, May 1885, Sending to the War
Chapter 4, pp. 44-45, Vol. 1.6, June 1885, Mother and Son
Chapter 5, Vol. 1.7, August 1885, The New Birth
Chapter 6, Vol. 1.8, September 1885, The New Proletarian
Chapter 7, Vol. 1.10, November 1885, In Prison--and At Home
Chapter 8, Vol. 2.12, January 1886, The Half of Life Gone
Chapter 9,Vol. 2.14, March 1886, A New Friend
Chapter 10, Vol. 2.15, April 1886, Ready to Depart
Chapter 11, Vol. 2.17, 8 May 1886, A Glimpse of the Coming Day
Chapter 12, Vol. 2.21, 5 June 1886, Meeting the War Machine
Format
periodical
newspaper
Description
Historical socialist narrative
Heroic Communard defense of the Paris Commune
Romantic narrative of loss
socialist commitment
Has Version
Poems by the Way
Pilgrims of Hope, T. B. Mosher, 1901