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John Ruskin and nineteenth-century education / edited by Valerie Purton.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Purton, Valerie, editor.
Series:
Anthem nineteenth century studies.
Anthem nineteenth century studies series
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Ruskin, John.
Education--History--19th century.
Education.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xii, 192 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Place of Publication:
London : Anthem Press, 2018.
Summary:
An art historian, cultural critic and political theorist, John Ruskin was, above all, a great educator. The inspiration behind William Morris, Leo Tolstoy, Marcel Proust and Mahatma Gandhi, Ruskin's influence can be felt increasingly in every sphere education today. John Ruskin and Nineteenth-Century Education brings together top international Ruskin scholars, exploring Ruskin's many-faceted writings, pointing to some of the key educational issues raised by his work, and concluding with a powerful rereading of his ecological writing and apocalyptic vision of the earth's future. In anticipation of the bicentennial of Ruskin's birth in 2019, this volume makes a fresh and significant contribution to Victorian studies in the twenty-first century. It is dedicated to Dinah Birch, a much-loved Victorian specialist and authority on John Ruskin.
Contents:
An enormous difference between knowledge and education : what Ruskin can teach us / Sara Atwood
Souls of good quality : Ruskin, Tolstoy and education / Stuart Eagles
To teach them how to dress : Ruskin, clothing and lessons in society / Rachel Dickinson
Mad governess or wise counsellor? Sesame and lilies revisited / Jan Marsh
A very precious book : Ruskin's exegesis of the Psalms in Rock honeycomb and Fors clavigera / Emma Sdegno
Our household catalogue of reference : Ruskin's lesson photographs of 1875-76 / Stephen Wildman
Ruskin, music and the health of the nation / Paul Jackson
Ruskin and the fantastic / Edward James
Ruskin's many-sided soulfulness / Keith Hanley
Catastrophe will come : Ruskin, nation and apocalypse / Andrew Tate.
Notes:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Aug 2018).
ISBN:
9781783088065
1783088060
9781783088072
1783088079
OCLC:
1511485016

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