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Victorian Newsletter
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March 22, 2007
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2007 Ward Hellstrom. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Craig, David M. John Ruskin and the Ethics of Consumption. Studies in Religion and Culture. Charlottesville & London: U of Virginia P, 2006. Pp. x + 422. $60.00. "The book's argument divides into three parts. The two chapters in part 1 introduce the theological structure of Ruskin's early readings of natural beauty and landscape painting and cultural reorientation that occurs in studies of Gothic architecture" (26).... Chapter 3 ... examines Ruskin's increasingly cultural understanding of 'nature' and his growing appreciation of the shaping power of the imagination on individuals' perception of things.... The fourth chapter.., traces out the dramatic changes resulting from ...