The Works of John Ruskin Volume 2: Poems (Cambridge Library Collection - Works of John Ruskin)
Cambridge University Press, 10/1/2010
EAN 9781108008501, ISBN10: 110800850X
Paperback, 654 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 3.8 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 second volume contains Ruskin's poems.
Introduction
Prefatory note
Bibliographical note
1. Poems collected in 1850
2. Verses of later years
3. Verses written in boyhood
Appendix.