John Ruskin influenced Mahatma Gandhi, Leo Tolstoy, Marcel Proust and William Morris among others. A great educator, Ruskin is the force behind key debates in education today. The essays in 'John Ruskin and Nineteenth-Century Education' examine Ruskin's influence on educating girls, libraries, creativity, grammar schools, social mobility, the environment and the future of the planet.
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List of Figures; Foreword by Francis O'Gorman; Introduction, Valerie Purton; Section A. Changing the World; 1. 'An Enormous Difference between Knowledge and Education': What Ruskin Can Teach Us, Sara Atwood; 2. 'Souls of Good Quality': Ruskin, Tolstoy and Education, Stuart Eagles; 3. 'To Teach Them How to Dress': Ruskin, Clothing and Lessons in Society, Rachel Dickinson; 4. Mad Governess or Wise Counsellor? Sesame and Lilies Revisited, Jan Marsh; Section B. Libraries and the Arts; 5 'A Very Precious Book': Ruskin's Exegesis of the Psalms in Rock Honeycomb and Fors Clavigera, Emma Sdegno; 6. 'Our Household Catalogue of Reference': Ruskin's Lesson Photographs of 1875-76, Stephen Wildman; 7. Ruskin, Music and the Health of the Nation, Paul Jackson; 8. Ruskin and the Fantastic, Edward James; Section C. Christianity and Apocalypse; 9. Ruskin's 'Many-Sided Soulfulness', Keith Hanley; 10. 'Catastrophe Will Come': Ruskin, Nation and Apocalypse, Andrew Tate; Notes on Contributors; Index.