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The Art of England and the Pleasures of England (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

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By John Ruskin

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On Sale
Mar 6, 2012
Page Count
428 pages
Publisher
BookAnnex
ISBN-13
9781411460232

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$1.99

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$2.99 CAD

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ebook (Digital original)

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Culled from lectures delivered at Oxford from 1883-1885, this collection of Ruskin’s critiques of the overall condition of England’s artistic life, past and present, is divided into two sections. The “Art” lectures deal with three traditions of art:  the Realistic, the Mythic and the Classic. His lecture “Fairy Land,” included in this section, examines a newly emerging literary genre: fantasy. The “Pleasure” lectures range from “Learning, Faith, and Deed” to “Fancy.”


John Ruskin

About the Author

John Ruskin (1819-1900) was an acclaimed English poet and artist, as well as an influential critic of art and society. He wrote on topics ranging from geology and botany to politics, architecture, art, and literature. Ruskin influenced the Gothic Revival and did much to popularize high art.

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