Ruskin as Literary Critic Selections [Paperback]

First published in 1928, this book gathers together a selection of John Ruskin's relatively neglected writings on literature and aesthetics.First published in 1928, this book gathers together a selection of John Ruskin's relatively neglected writings on literature and aesthetics. As noted in the textual preface, 'Interesting themes, original treatment, suggestive ideas which warm and stimulate the mind, are set out in a more easily readable form than is usual in Ruskin's works.'First published in 1928, this book gathers together a selection of John Ruskin's relatively neglected writings on literature and aesthetics. As noted in the textual preface, 'Interesting themes, original treatment, suggestive ideas which warm and stimulate the mind, are set out in a more easily readable form than is usual in Ruskin's works.'First published in 1928, this book gathers together a selection of John Ruskin's relatively neglected writings on literature and aesthetics. As noted in the textual preface, 'The attention which has been given to Ruskin's other subjects makes the neglect of this branch of his work more striking, for there is here much of permanent value. Interesting themes, original treatment, suggestive ideas which warm and stimulate the mind, are set out in a more easily readable form than is usual in Ruskin's works.' This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Ruskin and literary criticism.Preface; Introduction; 1. On the study of literature and language; 2. Literature and morals; 3. Poetry and teaching; 4. Faith in literature; 5. The beautiful; 6. The imagination; 7. The grotesque in literature; 8. The pathetic fallacy; 9. Landscape in literature; 10. Style; 11. Women in literature; 12. Enigmas in literature; 13. Dante - the Divina Commedia; 14. Shakespeare's names; 15. Dr Johnson; 16. Sir Walter Scott; 17. Blake; 18. Wordsworth; 19. Coleridge; 20. Byron; 21. Dickens; 22. George Eliot; Definitions and aphorisms; Index of proper names and classical referencl*