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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 eighteenth volume contains Ruskin's writings on the nature of society, including Sesame and Lilies.

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Book category Knihy po anglicky Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: Works of John Ruskin
• Author: John RuskinEdward Tyas CookAlexander Wedderburn
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 668
• EAN: 9781108008662
• ISBN: 1108008666
• ID: 02054401
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 930 g
• Dimensions: 230 × 155 × 35 mm
• Date of publishing: 04. December 2009

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