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Aesthetic and Critical Theory of John Ruskin
By (Author) George P. Landow
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
19th May 2015
United States
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900
828.809
Paperback
498
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
680g
This book traces the sources and development of Ruskin's aesthetic and critical theories. In his attempt to skirt the danger of excessive emotion and association in art, Ruskin's struggle with the sublime but not the picturesque, is, along with the pathetic fallacy, examined. These concepts, too, are considered in light of Ruskin's continuing relig