The genius of John Ruskin

Description:

Excerpts of John Ruskin's writings, with an overall introduction and separate introductions to five sections representing key aspects of Ruskin's life and work -- art, architecture, society (industrialization and British society, including "Unto This Last"), solitude (Ruskin's later period of intellectual isolation), and self (Ruskin's autobiography, "Praeterita"). The book also includes a chronology of Ruskin's life and a bibliography of works about Ruskin with editor's comments on their significance.

subjects: English essays,  Collected works (single author, multi-form),  Criticism and interpretation,  Ruskin, john, 1819-1900,  English prose literature

People: John Ruskin (1819-1900)

Times: 1819 to 1900