In 1911, the New York Times alerted its readers to the forthcoming 'authoritative' biography of Ruskin with the words 'out of a life's devotion to Ruskin and the Herculean task of editing the definitive Ruskin, Mr E. T. Cook is to give us a definitive Ruskin biography also. It will have the authority of a brilliant Oxford scholar, combined with the charm and lightness of a style which makes Mr Cook one of the first of English journalists'. Cook had been given complete access to Ruskin's diaries, notebooks and letters by his literary executors, and Ruskin's family and friends co-operated fully with him. His depth of knowledge of, and sympathy for, his subject make Cook's biography a vital toolfor anyone wishing to understand Ruskin's extraordinary achievements in so many fields. Volume 2 covers the period from 1860 to Ruskin's death in 1900, andincludes an index to both volumes. INDICE: 1. Unto This Last; 2. Exile; 3. Boulogne-Lucerne-Milan; 4. Mornex - Munera Pulveris; 5. Home life at Denmark Hill; 6. Sesame and Lilies - The Crown of Wild Olive - The Ethics of the Dust; 7. Time and Tide; 8. Ruskin's political economy; 9. Abbeville and Verona; 10. Oxford professor; 11. First Oxfordlectures; 12. A dark year; 13. Botticelli; 14. With St Francis at Assisi; 15.The end of a romance; 16. Home life at Brant wood; 17. Venice revisited; 18. Fors Clavigera; 19. The St George's Guild; 20. The Ruskin Museum; 21. Schools of St George; 22. Arrows of the Chace; 23. 'The dream'; 24. Studies of flowersand rocks; 25. Return to work; 26. The Bible of Amiens - further illnesses; 27. Second professorship at Oxford; 28. Praeterita; 29. Old age and last works;30. Closing years; 31. Characteristics; 32. Influence; Index.
- ISBN: 978-1-108-00972-0
- Editorial: Cambridge University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 640
- Fecha Publicación: 01/04/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés