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The Genius of John Ruskin: Selections from His Writings (Victorian Literature and Culture Series)
John Ruskin
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Paperback. First published in 1963 this new edition of Ruskin's writings aims to make his ideas and works accessible to the modern reader. This volume powerfully demonstrates the range and inexhaustible vitality of his prose and provided a reference tool for Victorianists. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBF; GBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 138 x 31. Weight in Grams: 666.
Intended to make his ideas and writings accessible to the modern reader, this text presents Ruskin through five of his most famous works, presented in date order. It provides an authentic portrait of Ruskin by stressing the works that most richly display the temper of his mind: Modern Painters; The Stones of Venice; Unto this Last; Fors Clavigera; and Praeterita. The book was first published in 1963 and this edition is expanded with a new forward and an updated bibliography which takes into account Ruskinian scholarship up until the late 1990s.
Intended to make his ideas and writings accessible to the modern reader, this text presents Ruskin through five of his most famous works, presented in date order. It provides an authentic portrait of Ruskin by stressing the works that most richly display the temper of his mind: Modern Painters; The Stones of Venice; Unto this Last; Fors Clavigera; and Praeterita. The book was first published in 1963 and this edition is expanded with a new forward and an updated bibliography which takes into account Ruskinian scholarship up until the late 1990s.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
Series
Victorian Literature and Culture Series
Number of Pages
576
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813917894
SKU
V9780813917894
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