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John Ruskin

An Idiosyncratic Dictionary Encompassing his Passions, his Delusions and his Prophecies
  • ISBN-13: 9781848223745
  • Publisher: LUND HUMPHRIES PUBLISHERS LTD
    Imprint: LUND HUMPHRIES PUBLISHERS LTD
  • Compiled by Michael Glover
  • Price: AUD $58.99
  • Stock: 3 in stock
  • Availability: Order will be despatched as soon as possible.
  • Local release date: 30/09/2019
  • Format: Hardback (198.00mm X 129.00mm) 160 pages Weight: 320g
  • Categories: The arts: general issues [AB]
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From Aesthete to Ziffern, Baby-Language to Verbosity, Badgers to Railway Stations: this gloriously serendipitous dictionary presents the life, times and strong opinions of John Ruskin (1819-1900) - art critic, patron, draughtsman, watercolourist, social thinker and philanthropist.
 
Michael Glover's delightful A-Z distills the essence of Ruskin, revealing a lighter side to the man known for his 39 volumes of ponderous prose.  When off his guard, Ruskin could write pithily and amusingly, but he was also a fascinating amalgam of self-contradictions. Combining judiciously selected extracts from Ruskin's writings with the author's wittily insightful interpretations, this book is essential reading for all those curious to know what Ruskin did with a cyanometer, why he hated iron railings and the Renaissance, and how Proust's admiration of the man was tinged with distrust.  
Published to coincide with the bi-centenary of Ruskin's birth
An accessible guide to a fascinating Victorian art critic and thinker, presented in dictionary format for the first time
 
'Ruskin revived, reconsidered – and lightly reimagined. Michael Glover's entertaining approach invites us to explore the byways of Ruskin's life and thought, without losing sight of his essential greatness. A bicentennial bonus.' – Robert Hewison, Honorary Professor at the Ruskin Centre, Lancaster University
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