The Works of John Ruskin 2 Part Volume: Volume 35, Praeterita and Dilecta

The thirty-fifth volume of the magisterial Library Edition (1903–1912) of the works of John Ruskin.

John Ruskin (Author), Edward Tyas Cook (Edited by), Alexander Wedderburn (Edited by)

9781108014892, Cambridge University Press

Multiple-component retail product, published 18 February 2010

832 pages, 39 b/w illus.
32.5 x 25 x 6.8 cm, 1.4 kg

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 by and about Ruskin. This thirty-fifth volume, in two parts, contains Praeterita, Ruskin's autobiography, and Dilecta, his own published selection of his letters.

Introduction
Bibliographical note
Part I. Praeterita, Vol. I: 1. The springs of Wandel
2. Herne Hill almond blossoms
3. The banks of Tay
4. Under new tutorships
5. Parnassus and Plynlimmon
6. Schaffhausen and Milan
7. Papa and mama
8. Vester, Camenae
9. The col de la Faucille
10. Quem tu, Melpomene
11. Christ Church choir
12. Roslyn chapel
Praeterita, Vol. II: 1. Of age
2. Rome
3. Cumae
4. Fontainebleau
5. The Simplon
6. The Campo Santo
7. Macugnaga
8. The state of Denmark
9. The feasts of the Vandals
10. Crossmount
11. L'hotel du Mont Blanc
12. Otterburn
Praeterita, Vol. III: 1. The Grande Chartreuse
2. Mont Velan
3. L'Esterelle
4. Joanna's care
Part II. Dilecta: Preface
1. Reminiscences of Turner
2. The History of the 'Téméraire'
3. The author's genealogy
Appendix.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: general [DSB]