The Works of John Ruskin (Cambridge Library Collection - Works of John Ruskin)

Ruskin, John/ Cook, Edward Tyas (EDT)/ Wedderburn, Alexander (EDT)

Cambridge University Press（2010/02発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 660 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781108008495
• DDC分類 828.809

Full 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 both by and about Ruskin. Volume 1 contains early essays, and two pieces of fiction: Leoni and The King of the Golden River.

Contents

General preface; Introduction; 1. 'The poetry of architecture'; 2. Contributions to Loudon's 'Magazine of Natural History'; 3. Further contributions to Loudon's 'Architectural Magazine'; 4. Essay on the relative dignity of the studies of painting and music; 5. Leoni: a legend of Italy; 6. The king of the golden river; 7. Three letters and an essay; 8. Letters to a college friend; Appendix.