John Ruskin
Climbing and the Vulnerable Eye
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12411387 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ann C Colley (Buffalo State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 43-66 |
| Publication date | 2009-02-05 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Victorian Literature and Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1060-1503 • E-ISSN: 1470-1553 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1060150309090044 |
| OpenAlex | W2166808676 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 4 |
Most readers either overlook or dismiss John Ruskin's climbs in the Alps as being insignificant compared to his avid interest in geology and mountain form. However, I want to suggest that Ruskin's climbing – his physical and kinetic relationship to the mountains – is essential to his understanding of them. His numerous and repeated ascents in the lower Alps were not always easy: in fact, they were often tough and sometimes dangerous. Through a few select examples, in the first part of the essay, I establish just how difficult many of these scrambles were so that I may proceed, in the body of the paper, to talk about how these strenuous experiences influenced his way of seeing the mountain landscape he admired, and how, in turn, they helped shape his concept of imperfect vision
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Climbing · Geography · Imperfect · Linguistics · Mountaineering · Historical Art and Culture Studies · History · Philosophy · Travel Writing and Literature
| Citations per year | 0.15 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2013 - 2018 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |