Late Ruskin: New Contexts

This title was first published in 2001. Ruskin said that 1860 marked the beginning of his ''proper work''. This study presents new, historicized readings of important texts and themes from that late period, 1860-1889, discussing in detail works including Unto this Last (1860), the Lectures on Art (1870), Fors Clavigera (1871-1884), and The Bible of Amiens (1880-85), and considering key themes such...