The rescue of Romanticism
Subtitle: Walter Pater and John Ruskin
By: Kenneth Daley.
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Athens
Language: eng
Number of pages: 169
Subjects: Pater, Walter, 1839-1894 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 -- Criticism and interpretation.; English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.; Art criticism -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.; Romanticism -- Great Britain.
Description: "Valuable and timely in its long historical and critical perspective on the legacy of romanticism to Victorian art and thought, The Rescue of Romanticism is the first book-length study of the close intellectual relationship between Walter Pater and John Ruskin, the two most important Victorian critics of art.

Kenneth Daley explores the work and thought of both writers in context with other Victorian writers, and enlarges the issues at stake between them, connecting these issues to ongoing artistic, cultural, and political concerns of the modern world."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-162) and index.