John Ruskin: An Idiosyncratic Dictionary Encompassing His Passions, His Delusions and His Prophecies

By Michael Glover

From Aesthete to Ziffern, Baby-Language to Verbosity, Badgers to Railway Stations: this gloriously serendipitous dictionary presents the life, times and strong opinions of John Ruskin (1819-1900) - art critic, patron, draughtsman, watercolourist, social thinker and philanthropist.

Michael Glover's delightful A-Z distills the essence of Ruskin, revealing a lighter side to the man known for his 39 volumes of ponderous prose. When off his guard, Ruskin could write pithily and amusingly, but he was also a fascinating amalgam of self-contradictions. Combining judiciously selected extracts from Ruskin's writings with the author's wittily insightful interpretations, this book is essential reading for all those curious to know what Ruskin did with a cyanometer, why he hated iron railings and the Renaissance, and how Proust's admiration of the man was tinged with distrust.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848223749
• ISBN13: 9781848223745
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.1"