Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism | Ruskin, John - Further Reading

FURTHER READING

Biography

Bradley, Alexander. "Ruskin at Oxford: Pupil and Master." Studies in English Literature 1500-1900 32, No. 4 (Autumn 1992): 747-64.

Explores Ruskin's years at Oxford and his disinclination to accept instruction from others.

Hilton, Tim. John Ruskin: The Early Years 1819-1859. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1985, 301 p.

The first volume of Hilton's projected two-volume biography of Ruskin, focusing on Ruskin's childhood, his early education, and his travels through Europe.

Criticism

Austin, Linda M. "Praeterita: In the Act of Rebellion." Modern Language Quarterly 48, No. I (March 1987): 42-58.

Argues that in the autobiographical Praeterita, Ruskin rebels against prevailing notions about himself.

m̵. "Labor, Money, and the Currency of Words in Fors Clavigera." ELH 56, No. I (Spring 1989): 209-27.

An exploration of labor theory in...

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