After Ruskin: The Social and Political Legacies of a Victorian Prophet, 1870-1920
Eagles, StuartAuthor
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2011.
'After Ruskin' is an exploration of intellectual influence focusing on the pre-eminent Victorian art and social critic John Ruskin (1819-1900). It explains how he inspired leading activists and thinkers to help reform Britain's social and political culture in the period between 1870 and 1920.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
'After Ruskin' is an exploration of intellectual influence focusing on the pre-eminent Victorian art and social critic John Ruskin (1819-1900). It explains how he inspired leading activists and thinkers to help reform Britain's social and political culture in the period between 1870 and 1920.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 11, 2011).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ruskin's politics : "no wealth but life" -- "Practical power and faith" : Ruskin and the companions of the Guild of St George -- "Among the best safeguards" : digging the foundations of reform -- The Ruskin diaspora : a history of the Ruskin society -- "Taken prisoner by his mortal enemies"? : Ruskin, working-class consciousness, and organized labour -- Ruskin's "true disciple"? : John Howard Whitehouse (1873-1955) and Ruskin's legacy.
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900
Sociology & Social History
Regions & Countries - Europe
Social Sciences
History & Archaeology
Great Britain
Social Conditions