696 John Ruskin (with Sara Atwood) | My Last Book with Collin Jennings

The History of Literature

Jacke Wilson

History, Books, Arts

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

John Ruskin (1819-1900) was a powerhouse of a man: writer, lecturer, critic, social reformer - and much else besides. From his five-volume work Modern Painters through his late writings about literature in Fiction, Fair and Foul, he brought to his subjects an energy and integrity that few critical thinkers have matched. His wide-ranging influence reached everyone from Tolstoy, who called him "one of the most remarkable men not only of England of our generation, but of all countries and times," to Gandhi, who wrote of the "magic spell" that Ruskin's works brought about. In this episode, Jacke talks to Sara Atwood (Ruskin's Educational Ideals) about the man whom Proust called "for me one of the greatest writers of all times and of all countries." PLUS Collin Jennings (Enlightenment Links: Theories of Mind and Media in Eighteenth-Century Britain) stops by to discuss his choice for the last book he will ever read. Additional listening: 649 Mind and Media in the Enlightenment (with Colin Jennings) 147 Leo Tolstoy 7A Proust, Pound, and Chinese Poetry The music in this episode is by Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal. Learn more at gabrielruizbernal.com. Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/donate. The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The History of Literature Podcast is a member of the Podglomerate Network and Lit Hub Radio.
0:09.5	Sitting quietly once you've made the house all shiny.
0:13.2	Down time can be just fine, plain bangers from them 90s.
0:17.4	Tea break.
0:18.4	Lunch break.
0:19.5	Maybe listen to the outbreak.
0:20.9	Sometimes it's not time for some tombola right
0:23.5	It's enjoying lasagna time
0:25.7	chilling with a book time
0:27.4	Or time to visit your nan time
0:29.4	Go on
0:30.4	Play some other time
0:31.6	Put your phone down
0:32.8	Tombola
0:33.7	Open for fun
0:35.4	Terms apply 18 plus gambleaware.org.
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