The Works of John Ruskin Volume 31: Bibliotheca Pastorum: Bibliotecha Pastorum (Cambridge Library Collection - Works of John Ruskin)
Cambridge University Press, 10/17/2010
EAN 9781108008792, ISBN10: 1108008798
Paperback, 600 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 3.5 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-first volume contains the Bibliotheca pastorum.
Introduction
Bibliotheca pastorum
1. The 'Economist' of Xenophon
2. Rock honeycomb
3. Elements of English prosody
4. A knight's faith
Appendix
specimens of Ruskin's music.