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Ruskin and Modernism
Cianci, Giovanni, Nicholls, Peter
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Hardcover. In this volume, a group of international scholars consider what is often an awkward and conflicted relation. Ruskin's voluminous writings are seen to shelter an incipient modernism whose antipathy to a degraded modernity, powerfully predicts a major current within the work of the new century. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 136 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
The extent of John Ruskin's influence has long been acknowledged, though his impact on the development of Anglo-American modernism has received little systematic attention. In this volume, published to mark the centenary of Ruskin's death, a group of international scholars consider what is often an awkward and conflicted relation. Ruskin's voluminous writings are seen to shelter an incipient modernism whose antipathy to a degraded modernity, powerfully predicts a major current within the work of the new century.
The extent of John Ruskin's influence has long been acknowledged, though his impact on the development of Anglo-American modernism has received little systematic attention. In this volume, published to mark the centenary of Ruskin's death, a group of international scholars consider what is often an awkward and conflicted relation. Ruskin's voluminous writings are seen to shelter an incipient modernism whose antipathy to a degraded modernity, powerfully predicts a major current within the work of the new century.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
219
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333915608
SKU
V9780333915608
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About Cianci, Giovanni, Nicholls, Peter
DINAH BIRCH Fellow and Tutor In English, Trinity College, Oxford LAUREL BRAKE Senior Lecturer in Literature, Birkbeck College, London RONALD BUSH Professor of American Literature, St John's College, Oxford TONI CERUTTI Professor of English, University of Piemonte Orientale, Vercelli IAN DUNCAN Professor of English, University of Oregon GIOVANNO LEONI Professor of History and Architecture, University of Barl, Italy STEFANIA MICHELUCCI ... Read more
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