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Fors Clavigera: Letters to the Workmen and Labourers of Great Britain was the name given by John Ruskin to a series of letters addressed to British workmen during the 1870s. They were published in the form of pamphlets.
- John Ruskin
- 1871
May 8, 2019 · Each of these three possible meanings of Clavigera corresponds to one of the three meanings of Fors. Fors, the Club-bearer, means the strength of Hercules, or of Deed. Fors, the Key-bearer, means the strength of Ulysses, or of Patience.
In John Ruskin: Cultural criticism of John Ruskin. …the following year he launched Fors Clavigera, a one-man monthly magazine in which, from 1871 to 1878 and 1880 to 1884 he developed his idiosyncratic cultural theories.
May 7, 2022 · fors clavigera. LETTER L. A friend, in whose judgment I greatly trust, remonstrated sorrowfully with me, the other day, on the desultory character of Fors; and pleaded with me for the writing of an arranged book instead.
Mar 9, 2020 · This, for one of several things, I mean,—that it shall put before you so much of the past history of the world, in an intelligible manner, as may enable you to see the laws of Fortune or Destiny, “Clavigera,” Nail bearing; or, in the full idea, nail-and-hammer bearing; driving the iron home with hammer-stroke, so that nothing shall be ...
- Aesthetics
- 1872
- English
Nov 14, 2007 · Fors clavigera. Letters to the workmen and labourers of Great Britain. First edition; 96 letters, originally issued separately, in 2 series, but subsequently collected into 8 vols. of 12 letters each, to which general title-pages were prefixed.
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Fors Clavigera, Letters to the Workmen and Labourers of Great Britain. in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3) Length: 104 words.
