Victorian Thinkers

Carlyle, Ruskin, Arnold, Morris

• Author(s): A. Laurence Le Quesne,
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Pages: 428
• ISBN_10: 0192831046
  ISBN_13: 9780192831040
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Art / Criticism & Theory , Design / Decorative Arts , History / Modern / 19th Century , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General , Literary Criticism / General , Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh , Literary Criticism / Poetry , Philosophy / General ,

Description:... Victorian Thinkers contains studies of four of the most influential critics of nineteenth-century British culture. Each was heralded as a prophet in his own lifetime, yet each was also regarded as misguided--even mad--by his contemporaries. Thomas Carlyle, writer of extraordinary stature, radical in thought and style; John Ruskin, who began his career as a critic of painting and architecture and whose views developed to include critiques of economics and social welfare; Matthew Arnold, poet and literary critic, a definer of 'culture' who later turned to social issues; and William Morris, renowned for his work as an artist and designer, champion of a revolutionary socialism which would honor the civilizing effects of the arts. Small masterpieces of insight and concision, this volume offers a perfect introduction to the Victorian era.