A Dream of John Ball

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A Dream of John Ball is a historical fantasy novella by William Morris that imagines a time-travel encounter with the 14th-century priest and rebel John Ball during the Peasants' Revolt in England.

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instanceOf historical fantasy work ⓘ
novella ⓘ
political fiction ⓘ
associatedWithFigure John Ball ⓘ
associatedWithMovement British socialism ⓘ
author William Morris ⓘ
centralFigureOccupation priest ⓘ
centralFigureRole rebel leader ⓘ
contains vision of future society ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
depicts medieval English peasants ⓘ
religious radicalism ⓘ
featuresCharacter time-travelling narrator ⓘ
firstPublicationDecade 1880s ⓘ
firstPublicationForm serial ⓘ
genre fantasy literature ⓘ
historical fantasy ⓘ
political literature ⓘ
hasForm prose fiction ⓘ
hasIllustrationsBy William Morris ⓘ
hasMoral struggle for freedom is continuous ⓘ
hasSubject Peasants' Revolt of 1381 ⓘ
influencedBy Christian socialism ⓘ
medieval chronicles ⓘ
intendedAudience politically engaged readers ⓘ
languageStyle archaizing English ⓘ
literaryForm allegory ⓘ
literaryMovement late Victorian literature ⓘ
socialist literature ⓘ
mainCharacter John Ball ⓘ
narrativeDevice time travel ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person narrator ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
publicationMedium Commonweal ⓘ
relatedWork News from Nowhere ⓘ
settingEvent Peasants' Revolt ⓘ
settingLocation England ⓘ
settingPeriod 14th century ⓘ
structure frame narrative ⓘ
theme class struggle ⓘ
critique of capitalism ⓘ
equality ⓘ
medievalism ⓘ
revolution ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
utopian socialism ⓘ
workOf William Morris ⓘ

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William Morris → notableWork → A Dream of John Ball ⓘ