1st Edition
Lives of Victorian Literary Figures, Part III, Volume 3 Elizabeth Gaskell, the Carlyles and John Ruskin
Ruskin grew up in suburban London; in later life, he settled in the Lake District. Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle moved from rural Scotland to London's Cheyne Walk. This title focuses on writers for whom 'the centre' was a pressing concern. Elizabeth Gaskell, like her contemporary Emily Bronte, was from the north of England, though based in Lancashire and Cheshire rather than Yorkshire. Her first novel, Mary Barton 1848) was set in the north and was unusually realistic in its depiction of Manchester working-class life.. The three volumes that comprise a set are facsimile reproductions of contemporary biographical material. They include letters, memoirs, poems and articles on three outstanding Victorian literary persons: John Ruskin, Elzabeth Gaskell and the Carlyles.
Introduction, 1. Picturing Ruskin a) [Thomas Gibson Bowles], ‘Men of the Day - No. XL’, Vanity Fair b) E. T. Cook, The Life of John Ruskin 2. Ruskin as Moralist I: Frederic Harrison, John Ruskin 3. Ruskin as Moralist II: J. A. Hobson, John Ruskin: Social Reformer 4. Ruskin as Teacher of Drawing a) William Bell Scott, Autobiographical Notes b) W. J. Stillman, The Autobiography of a Journalist 5. Satirising Ruskin a) [Edward Hamley], ‘Mr. Dusky’s Opinions on Art’, Blackwood’s Magazine b) Anon., ‘The Complete Letter-Writer’, Punch c) [Edward Linley Sambourne], ‘The Morris-Dance Round St. Mark’s’, Punch d) —, ‘Mr Narcissus Ruskin’, Punch 6. Ruskin and Carlyle a) J. A. Froude, Thomas Carlyle: a History of His Life in London, 1834-1881 b) Leading article, The Times (3 June 1867) 7. Ruskin and Venice a) William Holman Hunt, Pre-Raphaelitism and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood b) Henry James, ‘Venice’, Century Magazine 8. Ruskin and Oxford a) F. Max Muller, Auld Lang Syne b) G. W. Kitchin, Ruskin in Oxford, And Other Studies 9. Ruskin’s Controversies a) Anon., ‘Mr Ruskin’s Will’, Spectator b) Anon., The Confessions of Mr John Ruskin’, Saturday Review c) Anon., Whistler v. Ruskin’, The Times d) [Edward Linley Sambourne], ‘An Appeal to the Law’, Punch 10. In the Seventies a) J. Hain Friswell, Modern Men of Letters, Honestly Criticised b) W. H. Mallock, The New Republic; Or, Culture, Faith and Philosophy in the English Country House 11. Ruskin and Spiritualism: Frederick W. H. Myers, Fragments of Prose and Poetry 12. Ruskin as Celebrity a) [Alexander Wedderburn], ‘Professor Ruskin at Brantwood’, Celebrities at Home b) W. G. Collingwood, ‘Celebrities. No. II - John Ruskin’ c) —, ‘Ruskin’s Chair’, in Ruskin Relics d) —, ‘Ruskin's Hand’, in Ruskin Relics 13. Pathologising Ruskin a) [L. N. Fowler], ‘Phrenological Description of Mr John Ruskin’, Phrenological Magazine b) H. [George Harley?], ‘The Late Mr. John Ruskin’, British Medical Journal 14. H. S. [Henry Scott] Holland, ‘Gladstone and Ruskin’, Commonwealth 15. Katie MacDonald Goring, ‘Friends of Living Creatures and John Ruskin’, Fortnightly Review 16. The Death of Ruskin a) The Times (22 January 1900) b) Anon., ‘The Late Mr. Ruskin’, The Times 17. Looking Back at Ruskin a) A. C. Benson, Memories and Friends b) Henry W. Nevinson, Fire of Life
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Volume Editors: Valerie Sanders (Elizabeth Gaskell), Aileen Christianson & Shelia McIntosh (The Carlyles), Simon Grimble (John Ruskin), Series Editor Ralph Pite.
