Ruskin as Literary Critic
Selections

First published in 1928, this book gathers together a selection of John Ruskin's relatively neglected writings on literature and aesthetics.

John Ruskin (Author), A. H. R. Ball (Edited by)

9781107661950, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 31 October 2013

304 pages
20.3 x 12.7 x 1.7 cm, 0.33 kg

First published in 1928, this book gathers together a selection of John Ruskin's relatively neglected writings on literature and aesthetics. As noted in the textual preface, 'The attention which has been given to Ruskin's other subjects makes the neglect of this branch of his work more striking, for there is here much of permanent value. Interesting themes, original treatment, suggestive ideas which warm and stimulate the mind, are set out in a more easily readable form than is usual in Ruskin's works.' This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Ruskin and literary criticism.

Preface
Introduction
1. On the study of literature and language
2. Literature and morals
3. Poetry and teaching
4. Faith in literature
5. The beautiful
6. The imagination
7. The grotesque in literature
8. The pathetic fallacy
9. Landscape in literature
10. Style
11. Women in literature
12. Enigmas in literature
13. Dante - the Divina Commedia
14. Shakespeare's names
15. Dr Johnson
16. Sir Walter Scott
17. Blake
18. Wordsworth
19. Coleridge
20. Byron
21. Dickens
22. George Eliot
Definitions and aphorisms
Index of proper names and classical references
Subject index.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 [DSBF]