Ruskin After 200: Thinking with Ruskin in the Twenty-First Century

By: Sara L. Maurer and Judith Stoddart and Deanna K. Kreisel and Amy Woodson-Boulton

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Synopsis: This edited volume offers new models for engaging with the work of John Ruskin, the Victorian art critic, architectural and educational theorist, amateur meteorologist and naturalist who gradually became an outspoken critic of capitalist economics and industrialization’s toll on the environment. Two hundred years after Ruskin’s birth, his relevance to art, literature, history, architecture, economics and natural science has not ebbed. However, the nature of Ruskin’s relevance has evolved considerably. This volume offers a cross-section of current scholarship, showing how a range of scholars continue to engage with Ruskin’s work in their research. The chapters provide a snapshot both of what scholars need from Ruskin now and how they continue to develop methodologies that allow them to keep in honest conversation with his writing – work that is wide-ranging, visionary and nuanced, but also elusive, promiscuously mixing the symbolic and scientific, and at times, deeply marred by the shortcomings of sexism, racism and rigid hierarchical thinking.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9783031724633
Related ISBNs:: 9783031724626
Publisher:: Springer Nature Switzerland
Date of Addition:: 04/23/25
Copyrighted By:: The Editor
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Literature and Fiction, Language Arts
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Sara L. Maurer
Edited by:: Judith Stoddart
Edited by:: Deanna K. Kreisel
Edited by:: Amy Woodson-Boulton