Ruskin

Past Masters (Oxford)

by George P. Landow

1985, British hardcover edition (this is a unique title in the publisher's Past Masters series; these titles were published simultaneously in paper and hardcover edition; this is the hardcover), Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K. 99 pages. Written by a university professor who, "... provides a balanced view and offers a strikingly new approach which reveals that Ruskin wrote throughout his career as an interpreter and exegete."

112 pages, Hardcover

First published May 9, 1985

Reviews

[Regina Andreassen · Rating 3 out of 5]

‘Ruskin’ by Landow is adequate but repetitive. The chapter ‘ Ruskin, The Interpreter of Society’ needed further discussion whereas the introduction of the book should have been more succinct. There is too much talk about Turner’s work so the book lacks balance but overall ‘Ruskin’ is a satisfactory effort.

[Adam Carnehl · Rating 2 out of 5]

An adequate introduction to John Ruskin's life and work which devalues Ruskin's distinctly religious approach to aesthetics