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Letters from the Continent 1858

Letters from the Continent 1858

Ruskin, John
Hayman, John

Paperback

Series: Heritage

Letters & EssaysLiterary Criticism

ISBN10: 1487580541
ISBN13: 9781487580544
Publisher: Univ Of Toronto Pr
Published: Dec 15 1982
Pages: 252
Weight: 0.86
Height: 0.57 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

By John Ruskin's own account, 1858 was a turning-point in his life -- the year in which he turned away from his evangelical upbringing toward a more humanistic attitude. The 132 letters included in this volume were written during Ruskin's four-month tour of France, Switzerland, and Northern Italy and all but eleven are addressed to this father to whom he wrote almost daily, intending that the letters would form his diary. They provide not only a detailed record of his experiences at this significant point in his life, but also a revealing glimpse of his social and political awareness in his comments on current affairs. His delight in the physical pleasures of life in Turin, where he stayed for six weeks, reveals a different aspect of his developing humanistic concern.

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