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The Works of John Ruskin

Part of the Cambridge Library Collection - Works of John Ruskin series
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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.

This twenty-ninth volume contains the seventh and eighth volumes of Fors Clavigera.

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Product Details
Cambridge University Press
1108008771 / 9781108008778
Paperback / softback
828.809
18/02/2010
United Kingdom
752 pages, 12 Line drawings, black and white
152 x 229 mm, 990 grams