SESAME AND LILIES: TWO LECTURES DELIVERED AT MANCHESTER IN 1864. OF KING'S TREASURIES; OF QUEEN'S GARDENS
by RUSKIN, John
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John Ruskin’s Sesame and Lilies (1865) consists of two lectures, “Of Kings’ Treasuries” and “Of Queens' Gardens,” delivered in December 1864 at the town halls at Rusholme and Manchester. While these lectures emphasize the connections between nature, art and society, they are essentially concerned with education and ideal conduct. The first half of the original work, “Of Kings’ Treasuries,” is a critique of Victorian manhood. The second half, “Of Queens' Gardens,” counsels women to be moral guides and urges parents to educate them as such. Although Sesame and Lilies was widely popular in its time, the work in its entirety has been out of print since the early twentieth century.
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- Antic Hay Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 57537
- Title
- SESAME AND LILIES: TWO LECTURES DELIVERED AT MANCHESTER IN 1864. OF KING'S TREASURIES; OF QUEEN'S GARDENS
- Author
- RUSKIN, John
- Format/Binding
- 8vo., embosses brown cloth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Son
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1865
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