Venti racconti che presentano; allapparenza; percorsi esistenziali che parlano di fatti e persone di epoche diverse; tuttavia la linea sottile che unisce la realtagrave; con la semplice narrazione diviene; a un certo punto; obliqua e cambia percorso. Egrave; allora che ogni singola storia si trasforma in una riflessione sul caso; sulla scelta; sulle in certezze e sul rimpianto; ogni personaggio diventa allo stesso tempo vittima e salvatore di se stesso e del suo tempo; preda dellegoismo degli altri individui e della propria debolezza.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. An excellent introduction to the Ruskin way of seeingBy Shalom FreedmanThis book opens with a short biography of Ruskin; without going into in detail the difficulties of his life. It focuses on his way of seeing things; his path in perception in Art and Social Criticism. Landow claims that Ruskin thought by seeing and in this seeing also saw the symbolical and mythological meanings he valued in Art. Landow discusses Ruskins championing and promoting of the work of J.M. Turner. He often cites that complicated Ruskin prose style which supposedly influenced among others Proust. He outlines Ruskins social thought; his concern for the poor and presents Ruskins unique conception of economics. For Ruskin wealth was not measured in money or possessions but fullness of life. And Ruskin believed the great deprivation and social evil was not simply in material poverty but in loss of opportunity for cultural and spiritual enrichment. Ruskin is a visionary of Art and Social Reality; who saw both with the eyes of Tradition and with his own radical ideals of how to better reconstruct the world. Landow also indicates the very great influence of Ruskin in Victorian thought. As one who does not know Ruskins work that well I felt this work gave me a clear idea of the main purpose and direction of a major nineteenth - century creative visionary.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. More easily available as part of OUPs "Victorian Thinkers"By T. W.Victorian Thinkers: Carlyle; Ruskin; Arnold; Morris (Past Masters); which is more easily available; includes this volume and three other "Past Masters" volumes on Victorian authors.
