Praeterita and dilecta

Author(s)

• Ruskin, John
• Cook, Edward Tyas, Sir
• Wedderburn, Alexander Dundas Oligvy

Bibliographic Information

Praeterita and dilecta

John Ruskin ; edited by Edward Tyas Cook and Alexander Wedderburn

（Cambridge library collection, . Literary studies . The works of John Ruskin / edited by E. T. Cook and Alexander Wedderburn ; v. 35）

Cambridge University Press, 2009-2010

• pt. 1 : pbk
• pt. 2 : pbk

Other Title

The works of John Ruskin

Præterita and dilecta

"Praeterita", volumes II and III; "Dilecta" and appendix

Note

Reprint. Originally published: London : George Allen, 1908

"This digitally printed version 2010"--T.p. verso of pt. 1

"This digitally printed version 2009"--T.p. verso of pt. 2

Contents: Pt. 1. Praeterita, volume 1 -- pt. 2. Praeterita, volumes 2 and 3; Dilecta and appendix

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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

Table of Contents

• 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 'Temeraire'
• 3. The author's genealogy
• Appendix.

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Details

• NCID: BB03709183
• ISBN:
  • 9781108008839
  • 9781108014441
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cambridge
• Pages/Volumes: 3 v. in 2 ( xxxv, 642 p.)
• Size: 23 cm
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB00083053