Praeterita

Zusatztext Thanks to O'Gorman, the experience of reading Praeterita has achieved luminous transparency, and it is to be hoped that his new, very finely edited edition finds its way on to book shelves and into syllabuses ... O'Gorman's introduction deserves special praise ... The explanatory notes provide essential guidance and clarification, especially for the neophyte reader of Ruskin. Informationen zum Autor Francis O'Gorman has published widely on Ruskin, including Ruskin and Gender, co-ed. Dinah Birch (Palgrave, 2002). He has edited and contributed to Blackwell's Critical Guide to the Victorian Novel (2002) and the Concise Companion to the Victorian Novel (Blackwell, 2004). He is the editor of The Cambridge Companion to Victorian Culture. Klappentext The major new edition of Ruskin's autobiography since 1908. Zusammenfassung Praeterita is the autobiography of John Ruskin (1819-1900), art critic and social commentator and one of the most influential figures of the nineteenth century. An elegy for lost places and people, Praeterita recounts Ruskin's childhood, and his travels across Europe with passion and intimacy.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Francis O'Gorman, John Ruskin
• Con la collaborazione di: Francis O'Gorman (Editore), Francis (Professor of Victorian Literature O'Gorman (Editore), O'Gorman Francis (Editore)
• Editore: Oxford University Press Trade
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 10.04.2012
• EAN: 9780192802415
• ISBN: 978-0-19-280241-5
• Dimensioni: 130 mm x 195 mm x 22 mm
• Serie: World's classics; Oxford World's Classics; World's classics; Oxford World's Classics; World's classics
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, ART / History / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Autobiography: literary, History of Art, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Autobiography: writers