John Ruskin (1819-1900)

A selective bibliography of open access articles on John Ruskin, favoring signed articles by recognized scholars, articles published in reviewed sources, and web sites that adhere to the Modern Language Association Guidelines for Authors of Web Pages


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Literary Criticism and Introductory Articles

Hickey, Dave. "Reading Ruskin Writing." Art in America, Nov, 2000

Matteson, John. "Constructing ethics and the ethics of construction: John Ruskin and the humanity of the builder." Cross Currents, Fall, 2002

George Landow's Victorian Web has essays on Ruskin's writing techniques, ideas, biography, and the Victorian background.

Older criticism of John Ruskin, from The Cambridge History of English and American Literature in 18 Volumes (1907-21)

A short biography of John Ruskin from the Ruskin Program at Lancaster Univ.



Internet Texts, Bibliography, Web Sites

Web site for The Journal of Pre-Raphaelite Studies, a semi-annual, refereed journal covering Pre-Raphaelite, aesthetic, and decadent art, culture, and literature. The web site currently provides a list of article titles back to 1987

An extensive list of magazine and newspaper articles dealing with Pre-Raphaelite literature or art from 1846-1900, with links to the etexts of the reviews

A primary and secondary bibliography for John Ruskin, from George Landow

Notes on the Victorians and their art from the Tate Museum, designed for use by teachers of all grade levels, provides a good introduction to the Victorian period and particularly to Victorian art

For a list of John Ruskin's etexts available on the internet, use this link to the On-Line Books Page, search engine that provides links to full texts on the internet

A guide to Victorian research resources from the VICTORIA discussion list for Victorian Studies



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