Morris reviewed the novel Looking Backward in the Commonweal on 21 June 1889. In his review, Morris objects to
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Of gender and the division of labor, Ruth Levitas writes:
In News from Nowhere Morris describes women in the society as ‘respected as a child bearer and rearer of children desired as a woma… See more

Morris offers a Marxist view of marriage and divorce. Dick and Clara were once married with two children. Then Clara ‘got it in her head she was in love with someone else,’ so she left Dick only to reconcile with him again. Old … See more

Early in the novel we learn that though the people of Nowhere are learned there is no formal schooling for children. Although Oxford still exists as a place to study the 'Art of Knowledge', we learn that people are free to cho… See more

News from Nowhere is a utopian representation of Morris’ vision of an ideal society. "Nowhere" is in fact a literal translation of the word "utopia". This Utopia, an imagined society, is idyllic because th… See more