Unto This Last and Other Writings (Paperback)

The most influential art theorist and critic of his age, an outstanding man of letters, a sensitive painter and draughtsman, Ruskin's social criticism shocked and angered the establishment and many of his admirers. First and foremost an outcry against injustice and inhumanity, Unto this Last is also a closely argued assault on the science of political economy, which dominated the Victorian period. Ruskin was a profoundly conservative man who looked back to the Middle Ages as a Utopia, yet his ideas had a considerable influence on the British socialist movement. And in making his powerful moral and aesthetic case against the dangers of unhindered industrialization he was strangely prophetic. This volume shows the astounding range and depth of Ruskin's work, and in an illuminating introduction the editor reveals the consistency of Ruskin's philosophy and his adamant belief that questions of economics, art and science could not be separated from questions of morality. In Ruskin's words, 'There is no Wealth but Life.'

General

Imprint:	Penguin Classics
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 1985
First published:	February 1986
Authors:	John Ruskin
Editors:	Clive Wilmer
Introduction by:	Clive Wilmer
Notes by:	Clive Wilmer
Dimensions:	201 x 129 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	362
ISBN-13:	978-0-14-043211-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General
LSN:	0-14-043211-6
Barcode:	9780140432114

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