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[Library ed.] |
| Description |
1 online resource (674 pages). |
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John Ruskin anthology |
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John Ruskin anthology.
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BiblioBoard Core module.
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| Note |
Ruskin's coat of arms in gilt on front cover. |
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Each volume also has special t.-p. |
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"Two thousand and sixty-two copies of this edition--of which two thousand are for sale in England and America--have been printed at the Ballantyne press, Edinburgh, and the type has been distributed." |
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Original document: Book. |
| Summary |
Ruskin once noted that with the completion of the final volume of "Modern Painters" in 1860, "I gave up my art work and wrote 'Unto This Last'...the central work of my life." Though Ruskin continued to write occasionally on art, natural science and numerous other subjects in the latter half of the 19th century, his primary focus shifted to his social and economic philosophy. An increasingly staunch critic of industrial capitalism and the orthodoxy of political economy, Ruskin advocated for what would later be recognized as "social economy," becoming one of the 19th century's most influential social critics in the process. With the central message that "there is no wealth but life," "Unto This Last" influenced numerous social reformers following in Ruskin's footsteps and even inspired Mahatma Gandhi to paraphrase the work in Gujarati for his followers. |
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GMD: electronic resource. |
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Cook, Edward Tyas, Sir, 1857-1919, editor.
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Wedderburn, Alexander D. O. (Alexander Dundas Ogilvy), 1854-1931, editor.
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