The Works of John Ruskin 2 Part Volume
The Works of John Ruskin 2 Part Volume
Edward Tyas Cook
Alexander Wedderburn
£72.00
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 by and about Ruskin. This thirty-fifth volume, in two parts, contains Praeterita, Ruskin's autobiography, and Dilecta, his own published selection of his letters.
Product details
February 2010Multiple copy pack
9781108014892
832 pages
325 × 250 × 68 mm
1.4kg
39 b/w illus.
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Bibliographical note
- Part I. Praeterita, Vol. I:
- 1. The springs of Wandel
- 2. Herne Hill almond blossoms
- 3. The banks of Tay
- 4. Under new tutorships
- 5. Parnassus and Plynlimmon
- 6. Schaffhausen and Milan
- 7. Papa and mama
- 8. Vester, Camenae
- 9. The col de la Faucille
- 10. Quem tu, Melpomene
- 11. Christ Church choir
- 12. Roslyn chapel
- Praeterita, Vol. II:
- 1. Of age
- 2. Rome
- 3. Cumae
- 4. Fontainebleau
- 5. The Simplon
- 6. The Campo Santo
- 7. Macugnaga
- 8. The state of Denmark
- 9. The feasts of the Vandals
- 10. Crossmount
- 11. L'hotel du Mont Blanc
- 12. Otterburn
- Praeterita, Vol. III:
- 1. The Grande Chartreuse
- 2. Mont Velan
- 3. L'Esterelle
- 4. Joanna's care
- Part II. Dilecta: Preface
- 1. Reminiscences of Turner
- 2. The History of the 'Téméraire'
- 3. The author's genealogy
- Appendix.
