John Ruskin: An Idiosyncratic Dictionary Encompassing His Passions, His Delusions and His Prophecies Glover Michael
John Ruskin: An Idiosyncratic Dictionary Encompassing His Passions, His Delusions and His Prophecies Glover Michael From Aesthete to Ziffern, Baby-Language to Verbosity, Badgers to Railway Stations:…
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John Ruskin: An Idiosyncratic Dictionary Encompassing His Passions, His Delusions and His Prophecies Glover Michael
From Aesthete to Ziffern, Baby-Language to Verbosity, Badgers to Railway Stations: this gloriously serendipitous dictionary presents the life, times, and strong opinions of John Ruskin (1819-1900)--art critic, patron, draftsman, watercolor painter, social thinker, and philanthropist. When off his guard, Ruskin could write pithily and amusingly, but he was also a fascinating amalgam of self-contradictions. Michael Glover's delightful A-Z distills the essence of Ruskin, revealing a lighter side to the man known for his 39 volumes of ponderous prose.
Combining judiciously selected extracts from Ruskin's writings with the author's wittily insightful interpretations, this book is essential reading for all those curious to know what Ruskin did with a cyanometer, why he hated iron railings and the Renaissance, and how Proust's admiration of the man was tinged with