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| Genre/Form: | Collections |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
John Ruskin; Clive Wilmer |
| ISBN: | 0140432116 9780140432114 |
| OCLC Number: | 13760561 |
| Description: | 362 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction -- Chronology -- Further reading -- The king of the golden river -- From The stones of Venice, volume II: The nature of gothic -- From The two paths: The work of iron, in nature, art, and policy -- From Modern painters, volume V: The two boyhoods -- Unto this last -- Preface -- Essay I: The roots of honour -- Essay II: The veins of wealth -- Essay III: Qui Judicatis Terram -- Essay IV: Ad Valorem -- From The crown of wild olive: Traffic -- From Sesame and lilies: Of kings' treasuries -- From Fors Clavigera: Letter 7, Charitas ; Letter 10, The Baron's gate -- Notes. |
| Series Title: | Penguin classics. |
| Other Titles: | Unto this last |
| Responsibility: | by John Ruskin ; edited, with an introduction, commentary, and notes, by Clive Wilmer. |
Abstract:
"The most influential art theorist and critic of his age, an outstanding man of letters, a sensitive painter and draughtsman, Ruskin's social criticism shocked and angered the establishment and many of his admirers. First and foremost an outcry against injustice and inhumanity, 'Unto this last' is also a closely argued assault on the science of political economy, which dominated the Victorian period. Ruskin was a profoundly conservative man who looked back to the Middle Ages as a Utopia, yet his ideas had a considerable influence on the British socialist movement. And in making his powerful moral and aesthetic case against the dangers of unhindered industrialization he was strangely prophetic. This volume shows the astounding range and depth of Ruskin's work, and in an illuminating introduction the editor reveals the consistency of Ruskin's philosophy and his adamant belief that questions of economics, art and science could not be separated from questions of morality. In Ruskin's words, 'There is no wealth but life'"--Back cover.
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