The Works of John Ruskin (Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies) (Volume 32): Studies of Pleasant Life (Cambridge Library Collection - Works of John Ruskin)
Cambridge University Press, 2/18/2010
EAN 9781108008808, ISBN10: 1108008801
Paperback, 628 pages, 22.6 x 15.2 x 3.6 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English
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 thirty-second volume contains 'Studies of Peasant Life'.
Introduction
1. The story of Ida
2. Roadside songs of Tuscany
3. Christ's folk in the Apennine
4. Ulric the farm servant
Appendix.