Author: John Ruskin
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Languages : en
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Unto this Last, Munera Pulveris, Time and Tide
Unto this Last ; Munera Pulveris ; Time and Tide
Author: Sir Edward Tyas Cook
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Languages : en
Pages : 565
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Pages : 565
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The Works of John Ruskin
Honor, Romanticism, and the Hidden Value of Modernity
Author: Jamison Kantor
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1009302418
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 211
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Despite our preconceptions, Romantic writers, artists, and philosophers did not think of honor as an archaic or regressive concept, but as a contemporary, even progressive value that operated as a counterpoint to freedom, a well-known preoccupation of the period's literature. Focusing on texts by William Godwin, William Wordsworth, Jane Austen, Walter Scott, Mary Prince, and Mary Seacole, this book argues that the revitalization of honor in the first half of the nineteenth century signalled a crisis in the emerging liberal order, one with which we still wrestle today: how can political subjects demand real, materialist forms of dignity in a system dedicated to an abstract, and often impoverished, idea of 'liberty'? Honor, Romanticism, and the Hidden Value of Modernity presents both a theory and a history of this question in the media of the Black Atlantic, the Jacobin novel, the landscape poem, and the “financial” romance.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1009302418
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
Despite our preconceptions, Romantic writers, artists, and philosophers did not think of honor as an archaic or regressive concept, but as a contemporary, even progressive value that operated as a counterpoint to freedom, a well-known preoccupation of the period's literature. Focusing on texts by William Godwin, William Wordsworth, Jane Austen, Walter Scott, Mary Prince, and Mary Seacole, this book argues that the revitalization of honor in the first half of the nineteenth century signalled a crisis in the emerging liberal order, one with which we still wrestle today: how can political subjects demand real, materialist forms of dignity in a system dedicated to an abstract, and often impoverished, idea of 'liberty'? Honor, Romanticism, and the Hidden Value of Modernity presents both a theory and a history of this question in the media of the Black Atlantic, the Jacobin novel, the landscape poem, and the “financial” romance.
Unto This Last and Other Writings
Author: John Ruskin
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141442506
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
First and foremost an outcry against injustice and inhumanity, Unto this Last is also a closely argued assault on the science of political economy, which dominated the Victorian period. Ruskin was a profoundly conservative man who looked back to the Middle Ages as a Utopia, yet his ideas had a considerable influence on the British socialist movement. And in making his powerful moral and aesthetic case against the dangers of unhindered industrialization he was strangely prophetic. This volume shows the astounding range and depth of Ruskin's work, and in an illuminating introduction the editor reveals the consistency of Ruskin's philosophy and his adamant belief that questions of economics, art and science could not be separated from questions of morality. In Ruskin's words, 'There is no Wealth but Life.'
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141442506
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
First and foremost an outcry against injustice and inhumanity, Unto this Last is also a closely argued assault on the science of political economy, which dominated the Victorian period. Ruskin was a profoundly conservative man who looked back to the Middle Ages as a Utopia, yet his ideas had a considerable influence on the British socialist movement. And in making his powerful moral and aesthetic case against the dangers of unhindered industrialization he was strangely prophetic. This volume shows the astounding range and depth of Ruskin's work, and in an illuminating introduction the editor reveals the consistency of Ruskin's philosophy and his adamant belief that questions of economics, art and science could not be separated from questions of morality. In Ruskin's words, 'There is no Wealth but Life.'
John Ruskin's Labour
Author: P. D. Anthony
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN: 9780521252331
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
John Ruskin was one of the great Victorians established while still young as an arbiter of taste in painting and architecture and as one of the greatest of all writers of English prose. When he was forty he decided to abandon the field in which his reputation had been secured in order to awaken the world to the peril of devastation which, he believed, would follow its preoccupation with profit and its subservience to a false economic doctrine. He regarded his social criticism as a duty, reluctantly accepted, to a society which had abandoned the traditional and religious values that had been the foundation of its civilization. Ruskin's labour, to which he devoted the rest of his life, was to bring a searching intelligence, considerable learning and a moral concern to providing a ruthless criticism of the values of Victorian England.
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN: 9780521252331
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 236
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John Ruskin was one of the great Victorians established while still young as an arbiter of taste in painting and architecture and as one of the greatest of all writers of English prose. When he was forty he decided to abandon the field in which his reputation had been secured in order to awaken the world to the peril of devastation which, he believed, would follow its preoccupation with profit and its subservience to a false economic doctrine. He regarded his social criticism as a duty, reluctantly accepted, to a society which had abandoned the traditional and religious values that had been the foundation of its civilization. Ruskin's labour, to which he devoted the rest of his life, was to bring a searching intelligence, considerable learning and a moral concern to providing a ruthless criticism of the values of Victorian England.
Outlines of Education Courses in Manchester University
Author: University of Manchester. Department of Education
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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Victorian Literature
Author: Clement King Shorter
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Category : English
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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Category : English
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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Victorian Literature: Sixty Years of Books and Bookmen
Author: Clement King Shorter
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
"Victorian Literature: Sixty Years of Books and Bookmen" by Clement King Shorter is a captivating journey through the literary landscape of the Victorian era. Shorter's comprehensive survey introduces readers to the prolific authors, groundbreaking works, and influential literary movements of this remarkable period. This ebook is a treasure trove for literature enthusiasts, offering insights into the lives and works of iconic writers such as Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, and George Eliot. Shorter's passion for Victorian literature shines through, making this ebook a delightful read for anyone interested in the rich cultural heritage of this transformative era.
Publisher: Good Press
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 131
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"Victorian Literature: Sixty Years of Books and Bookmen" by Clement King Shorter is a captivating journey through the literary landscape of the Victorian era. Shorter's comprehensive survey introduces readers to the prolific authors, groundbreaking works, and influential literary movements of this remarkable period. This ebook is a treasure trove for literature enthusiasts, offering insights into the lives and works of iconic writers such as Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, and George Eliot. Shorter's passion for Victorian literature shines through, making this ebook a delightful read for anyone interested in the rich cultural heritage of this transformative era.
Political Thought in England from Herbert Spencer to the Present Day
Author: Sir Ernest Barker
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Category : Political science
Languages : en
Pages : 272
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Category : Political science
Languages : en
Pages : 272
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