| The Works of John Ruskin 2 Part Volume: Volume 35, Praeterita and Dilecta Contributor(s): Ruskin, John (Author), Cook, Edward Tyas (Editor), Wedderburn, Alexander Dundas Oligvy (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1108014895 ISBN-13: 9781108014892 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $100.70 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections - History - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 801.95 |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection: Literary Studies |
| Physical Information: 1.9" H x 6" W x 9" (2.60 lbs) 832 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 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. |