{"product_id":"selections-paperback-9780521109260","title":"Selections (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521109260","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSelections\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis selection from the works of the writer and critic John Ruskin (1819–1900) is designed to illustrate the development of Ruskin's personality and literary style.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJ. Ruskin (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521109260, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 18 June 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e248 pages\u003cbr\u003e20.3 x 12.7 x 1.4 cm, 0.27 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis selection from the works of the writer and critic John Ruskin (1819–1900) is designed to illustrate the development of Ruskin's personality and literary style. What emerges is an extraordinary record of Ruskin's life and times, spanning most of the nineteenth century. Beginning with his reflections on his childhood, the volume proceeds chronologically, through his education and his European travels. It includes extracts from major essays on Venice, and observations on a range of contemporary writers, artists and architects, and it finishes with a moving passage on the sorrows of old age. The selections were made by the prominent Cambridge scholar A. C. Benson from the Library Edition of Ruskin's works, and the volume was first published in 1927. Cambridge University Press is delighted to bring this classic edition back into print.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eNote\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. The style of Ruskin\u003cbr\u003e 2. Childhood\u003cbr\u003e 3. First writings\u003cbr\u003e 4. His own writings\u003cbr\u003e 5. First sight of the Alps\u003cbr\u003e 6. Switzerland\u003cbr\u003e 7. Ruskin at Oxford\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Rhone\u003cbr\u003e 9. The Jura\u003cbr\u003e 10. The alps\u003cbr\u003e 11. Calais church\u003cbr\u003e 12. The approach to Venice\u003cbr\u003e 13. Venice as painted by Canaletti, Proust, Stanfield and Turner\u003cbr\u003e 14. Venice\u003cbr\u003e 15. St. Mark's Venice\u003cbr\u003e 16. The interior of St. Mark's Venice\u003cbr\u003e 17. Working days in Italy\u003cbr\u003e 18. Gothic architecture\u003cbr\u003e 19. Tombs\u003cbr\u003e 20. The artist's work\u003cbr\u003e 21. The great artist\u003cbr\u003e 22. Greek art\u003cbr\u003e 23. Fidelity in art\u003cbr\u003e 24. Nature in childhood\u003cbr\u003e 25. The sea\u003cbr\u003e 26. Sea waves\u003cbr\u003e 27. The colour of iron\u003cbr\u003e 28. Pine-trees\u003cbr\u003e 29. Water\u003cbr\u003e 30. Grass\u003cbr\u003e 31. The fly\u003cbr\u003e 32. The fly and the dog - freedom and captivity\u003cbr\u003e 33. The snake\u003cbr\u003e 34. Birds\u003cbr\u003e 35. The dove\u003cbr\u003e 36. St George\u003cbr\u003e 37. A sleeping beauty\u003cbr\u003e 38. The bow of a boat\u003cbr\u003e 39. Ships\u003cbr\u003e 40. The fighting Téméraire\u003cbr\u003e 41. The scapegoat\u003cbr\u003e 42. Two windmills\u003cbr\u003e 43. Steel-engraving\u003cbr\u003e 44. Early reading\u003cbr\u003e 45. Bible reading\u003cbr\u003e Reading and writing\u003cbr\u003e 45. Psalms\u003cbr\u003e 46. Hymns\u003cbr\u003e 47. The homes of Scott\u003cbr\u003e 48. Sir Walter Scott\u003cbr\u003e 49. Xenophon's Economicus\u003cbr\u003e 50. The birthplace of St Bernard\u003cbr\u003e 51. The family of Veronese\u003cbr\u003e 52. Albert Dürer\u003cbr\u003e 53. Turner's youth\u003cbr\u003e 54. Frederick Walker\u003cbr\u003e 55. Three architects\u003cbr\u003e 56. Restoration\u003cbr\u003e 57. A gentleman\u003cbr\u003e 58. The use and abuse of money\u003cbr\u003e 59. Recreation\u003cbr\u003e 60. The merchant's trade\u003cbr\u003e 61. Conventionalism in art\u003cbr\u003e 62. Vocation and education\u003cbr\u003e 63. Poverty\u003cbr\u003e 64. Art and religion\u003cbr\u003e 65. The pathetic fallacy\u003cbr\u003e 66. Mind and body\u003cbr\u003e 67. Fear\u003cbr\u003e 68. The imperfection of all good art\u003cbr\u003e 69. A confession of failure\u003cbr\u003e 70. The sorrow of age\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006472016152,"sku":"9780521109260","price":25.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521109260i.jpg?v=1694976236","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/selections-paperback-9780521109260","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}