Ruskin E-Book

Francis O'Gorman

• Herausgeber: The History Press
• Kategorie: Sachliteratur, Reportagen, Biografien
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2011

Beschreibung

John Ruskin was one of the greatest Victorian critics of art and society, but he was also preoccupied with politics, economics and education. This pocket-sized biography explores his influence on his own age and ours, examining his work, his relationships and his creative life.

Leseprobe

John Ruskin

POCKET BIOGRAPHIES

Series Editor C.S. Nicholls

Highly readable brief lives of those who have played a significant part in history, and whose contributions still influence contemporary culture.

POCKET BIOGRAPHIES

John Ruskin

FRANCIS O’GORMAN

First published in 1999

The History Press

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This ebook edition first published in 2011

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EPUB ISBN 978 0 7524 7492 2

MOBI ISBN 978 0 7524 7491 5

Original typesetting by The History Press

‘For the rest, I ate and drank, and slept, loved, and hated, like another’

Ruskin, ‘Of Kings’ Treasuries’ (1864)

CONTENTS

Acknowledgements

Chronology

Map: Ruskin’s Europe

1. ‘This book seems to give me eyes’, 1819–43

2. ‘The ghost upon the sands of the sea’, 1844–54

3. ‘The sum of twenty years of thought’, 1855–9

4. ‘Frightfully tormented in various ways’, 1860–8

5. ‘I will endure it no longer quietly’, 1869–78

6. ‘Rising and falling, mixed with the lightning’, 1879–1900

Notes

Bibliography