The Works of John Ruskin 2 Part Set
The Works of John Ruskin 2 Part Set
Edward Tyas Cook
Alexander Wedderburn
£58.00
GBPThe 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. Volume 28, in two parts, contains the fourth, fifth and sixth volumes of Fors Clavigera.
Product details
February 2010Multiple copy pack
9781108009393
836 pages
325 × 250 × 68 mm
1.4kg
24 b/w illus. 1 colour illus.
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Bibliographical note
- Part I. 'Fors Clavigera' Volume IV (1874): Synopsis of Letters 37-48
- Letters 37-48
- Part II. 'Fors Clavigera' Volume V (1875): Synopsis of Letters 39-60
- Letters 49-60
- Part III. 'Fors Clavigera' Volume VI (1876): Synopsis of Letters 61-72
- Letters 61-72.
