The Works of John Ruskin 2 Part Set: Volume 28, Fors Clavigera IV-VI

By John Ruskin

Book Overview

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. Volume 28, in two parts, contains the fourth, fifth and sixth volumes of Fors Clavigera.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108009395
• ISBN13: 9781108009393
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 836 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"