J. Ruskin
Traffic (Little Black Classics)
publisher: Penguin Group UK
Two of Ruskin's most powerful essays: 'Traffic' and 'The Roots of
Honour' Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's
80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and
diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and
across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over
Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del
Fuego
Skladem u dodavatele
SELECTED WRITINGS (Oxford World´s Classics New Edition)
publisher: OUP References
'To be taught to write or to speak - but what is the use of
speaking, if you have nothing to say? To be taught to think - nay,
what is the use of being able to think, if you have nothing to
think of? But to be taught to see is to gain word and thought at
once, and both true.' Ruskin was the most powerful and influential
critic of the nineteenth century. He wrote about nature, art,
architecture,
Skladem u dodavatele
PRAETERITA (Oxford World´s Classics New Edition)
publisher: OUP References
John Ruskin was one of the most influential men of his day, and
Praeterita, his autobiography, offers fascinating insights into
many of the topics in which he was pre-eminent: art, architecture,
J. M. W. Turner, nature, politics, and travel. This is the first
major new edition since 1908, including passages excised from the
original printed editions. The Introduction sets the autobiography
in the
Skladem u dodavatele
