The Works of John Ruskin

Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-1-108-00881-5
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 696 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 991 g

Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies

The influence of John Ruskin (1819-1900), both on his own time and on artistic and social developments in the twentieth century, cannot be over-stated. He changed Victorian perceptions of art, and was the main influence behind 'Gothic revival' architecture. As a social critic, he argued for the improvement of the condition of the poor, and against the increasing mechanisation of work in factories, which he believed was dull and soul-destroying. The thirty-nine volumes of the Library Edition of his works, published between 1903 and 1912, are themselves a remarkable achievement, in which his books and essays - almost all highly illustrated - are given a biographical and critical context in extended introductory essays and in the 'Minor Ruskiniana' - extracts from letters, articles and reminiscences both by and about Ruskin. This thirty-third volume contains essays and lectures on art and architecture, including 'The Bible of Amiens'.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ruskin, John

Cook, Edward Tyas

Wedderburn, Alexander Dundas Oligvy

Wedderburn, Alexander

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1. 'Our fathers have told us'; 2. The Bible of Amiens; 3. Chapters for later parts of 'Our fathers'; 4. Valle crucis; 5. The art of England; 6. The pleasures of England; 7. Final lectures at Oxford.