Ruskin and Modernism - by Giovanni Cianci & Peter Nicholls (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

The extent of John Ruskin's influence has long been acknowledged, though his impact on the development of Anglo-American modernism has received little systematic attention. In this volume, published to mark the centenary of Ruskin's death, a group of international scholars consider what is often an awkward and conflicted relation. Ruskin's voluminous writings are seen to shelter an incipient modernism whose antipathy to a degraded modernity, powerfully predicts a major current within the work of the new century.

About the Author

DINAH BIRCH Fellow and Tutor In English, Trinity College, Oxford LAUREL BRAKE Senior Lecturer in Literature, Birkbeck College, London RONALD BUSH Professor of American Literature, St John's College, Oxford TONI CERUTTI Professor of English, University of Piemonte Orientale, Vercelli IAN DUNCAN Professor of English, University of Oregon GIOVANNO LEONI Professor of History and Architecture, University of Barl, Italy STEFANIA MICHELUCCI Lecturer in English Studies, Instituto di Anglistica, Milan ANDREA PINOTTI Lecturer in Aesthetics, University of Milan MAX SAUNDERS Reader in English, King's College, London RICHARD L. STEIN Professor of English, University of Oregon LUISA VILLA Lecturer in English Literature, University of Genova, Italy