In several places in The Time Traveler’s Wife, characters mention other items held by the Newberry Library. Can you provide some information about these things?
“I’m writing a paper for an art history class. My research topic is the Kelmscott Press Chaucer.” (Niffenegger 3) Kelmscott Chaucer Call Number: Wing +ZP 845. K335 William Morris (1834-1896), poet, social reformer, and a leading figure in the Pre-Raphaelite movement, founded the Kelmscott Press in 1891. As a leader of the Arts and Crafts Movement, Morris rebelled against the harsh utilitarianism of the machine age. He sought a solution in the return to the methods and the materials of the fifteenth century, and to designs he hoped would convey the flavor of that age. His greatest achievement was The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, printed in 1896 and limited to 425 copies. All aspects of this book’s design and production refer back to the characteristics of the medieval manuscript. The Gothic typeface, the use of margins, the decorated initials and borders, and even the quality of the paper speak to an earlier sensibility. “I’m at work in a small windowless humidity-controlled room on the f
