Title: The genius of John Ruskin
Subtitle: selections from his writings
Description: Excerpts of John Ruskin's writings, with an overall introduction and separate introductions to five sections representing key aspects of Ruskin's life and work -- art, architecture, society (industrialization and British society, including "Unto This Last"), solitude (Ruskin's later period of intellectual isolation), and self (Ruskin's autobiography, "Praeterita"). The book also includes a chronology of Ruskin's life and a bibliography of works about Ruskin with editor's comments on their significance.
Subjects: English essays, Collected works (single author, multi-form), Criticism and interpretation, Ruskin, john, 1819-1900, English prose literature
People: John Ruskin (1819-1900)
Time periods: 1819 to 1900