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01924aam a2200265Ii 4500 001 D619764A471C11EA8C4E586797128E48 003 SILO 005 20200204010450 008 190502s2019 enk bd 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1848223749 020 $a 9781848223745 035 $a (OCoLC)1099532139 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d ERASA $d UKMGB $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDXIT $d OCLCQ $d CHVBK $d OCLCO $d DEBBG $d EAU $d SILO 050 4 $a PR5262 J64 2019 245 00 $a John Ruskin : $b an idiosyncratic dictionary encompassing his passions, his delusions & his prophecies / $c compiled by Michael Glover. 264 1 $a London : $b Lund Humphries, $c 2019. 300 $a 160 pages ; $c 20 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-158) and index. 520 8 $a 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.0Michael 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. 600 10 $a Ruskin, John, $d 1819-1900 $x Criticism and interpretation. 700 1 $a Glover, Michael, $d 1949- $e compiler. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20200402014302.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D619764A471C11EA8C4E586797128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search