W. G. Collingwood became a student of John Ruskin in 1872 when he started his study in University College, Oxford. For many years he dedicated himself to helping Ruskin as his resident assistant. In 1883 he settled near to Ruskin in the Lake District. Collingwood edited a number of Ruskin's texts and published a biography of Ruskin "The Life and Work of John Ruskin" in two volumes in 1893, which in many ways remains the best biography of Ruskin. In 1900, Collingwood published a shortened and thoroughly reworked version of it, "The Life of John Ruskin". This book is its seventh edition.
Chapters
1 PREFACE TO THE SEVENTH EDITION 2 min 2 BOOK I - THE BOY POET I.HIS ANCESTORS 17 min 3 BOOK I - THE BOY POET II.THE FATHER OF THE MAN (1819-1825) 18 min 4 BOOK I - THE BOY POET III.PERFERVIDUM INGENIUM (1826-1830) 11 min 5 BOOK I - THE BOY POET IV.MOUNTAIN-WORSHIP (1830-1835) 33 min 6 BOOK I - THE BOY POET V.THE GERM OF "MODERN PAINTERS" (1836) 12 min 7 BOOK I - THE BOY POET VI.A LOVE-STORY (1836-1839) 11 min 8 BOOK I - THE BOY POET VII."KATA PHUSIN" (1837-1838) 14 min 9 BOOK I - THE BOY POET VIII.SIR ROGER NEWDIGATE'S PRIZE (1837-1839) 12 min 10 BOOK I - THE BOY POET IX."THE BROKEN CHAIN" (1840-1841) 14 min 11 BOOK I - THE BOY POET X.THE GRADUATE OF OXFORD (1841-1842) 10 min 12 BOOK II - THE ART CRITIC I."TURNER AND THE ANCIENTS" (1842-1844) 13 min 13 BOOK II - THE ART CRITIC II.CHRISTIAN ART (1845-1847) 23 min 14 BOOK II - THE ART CRITIC III."THE SEVEN LAMPS" (1847-1849) 25 min 15 BOOK II - THE ART CRITIC IV."STONES OF VENICE" (1849-1851) 21 min 16 BOOK II - THE ART CRITIC V.PRE-RAPHAELITISM (1851-1853) 21 min 17 BOOK II - THE ART CRITIC VI.THE EDINBURGH LECTURES (1853-1854) 16 min 18 BOOK II - THE ART CRITIC VII.THE WORKING MEN'S COLLEGE (1854-1855) 14 min 19 BOOK II - THE ART CRITIC VIII."MODERN PAINTERS" CONTINUED (1855-1856) 20 min 20 BOOK II - THE ART CRITIC IX."THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF ART" (1857-1858) 20 min 21 BOOK II - THE ART CRITIC X."MODERN PAINTERS" CONCLUDED (1858-1860) 13 min 22 BOOK III - HERMIT AND HERETIC I."UNTO THIS LAST" (1860-1861) 17 min 23 BOOK III - HERMIT AND HERETIC II."MUNERA PULVERIS" (1862) 12 min 24 BOOK III - HERMIT AND HERETIC III.THE LIMESTONE ALPS (1863) 8 min 25 BOOK III - HERMIT AND HERETIC IV."SESAME AND LILIES" (1864) 10 min 26 BOOK III - HERMIT AND HERETIC V."ETHICS OF THE DUST" (1865) 9 min 27 BOOK III - HERMIT AND HERETIC VI."THE CROWN OF WILD OLIVE" (1865-1866) 20 min 28 BOOK III - HERMIT AND HERETIC VII."TIME AND TIDE" (1867) 14 min 29 BOOK III - HERMIT AND HERETIC VIII.AGATES, AND ABBEVILLE (1868) 15 min 30 BOOK III - HERMIT AND HERETIC IX."THE QUEEN OF THE AIR" (1869) 12 min 31 BOOK III - HERMIT AND HERETIC X.VERONA AND OXFORD (1869-1870) 15 min 32 BOOK IV - PROFESSOR AND PROPHET I.FIRST OXFORD LECTURES (1870-1871) 22 min 33 BOOK IV - PROFESSOR AND PROPHET II."FORS" BEGUN (1871-1872) 23 min 34 BOOK IV - PROFESSOR AND PROPHET III.OXFORD TEACHING (1872-1875) 25 min 35 BOOK IV - PROFESSOR AND PROPHET IV.ST.GEORGE AND ST.MARK (1875-1877) 34 min 36 BOOK IV - PROFESSOR AND PROPHET V."DEUCALION" AND "PROSERPINA" (1877-1879) 20 min 37 BOOK IV - PROFESSOR AND PROPHET VI.THE DIVERSIONS OF BRANTWOOD (1879-1881) 27 min 38 BOOK IV - PROFESSOR AND PROPHET VII."FORS" RESUMED (1880-1881) 15 min 39 BOOK IV - PROFESSOR AND PROPHET VIII.THE RECALL TO OXFORD (1882-1883) 21 min 40 BOOK IV - PROFESSOR AND PROPHET IX.THE STORM-CLOUD (1884-1888) 15 min 41 BOOK IV - PROFESSOR AND PROPHET X.DATUR HORA QUIETI (1889-1900) 30 min
