Ruskin and the English Lakes

di Hardwicke Drummond Rawnsley (Autore)

Cambridge University Press, 2011

John Ruskin (1819-1900), the influential Victorian art critic and social theorist, lived in the Lake District for nearly 30 years. This biographical study, first published in 1901, focuses on the significance of the region in Ruskin's life and art. It begins with his first visit as a five-year-old, when he became ''a dedicated spirit' to the beauty and the wonders of Nature', and ends with accounts of his funeral and memorial at Coniston. It describes his commitment to the local people and their traditional crafts, and his relationship with the poet Wordsworth. The author, H. D. Rawnsley (1851-1920), was a clergyman, conservationist and keen art lover based in the Lake District who had been personally tutored by Ruskin and who was one of the founders, in 1884, of the heritage organisation that became the National Trust.

• Autore: Hardwicke Drummond Rawnsley
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Collana: Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies
• Anno: 2011
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 278 p.
• Dimensioni: 216 x 140 mm
• Peso: 360 gr.
• EAN: 9781108036009

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