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- Title
PARASITISM AND CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN RUSKIN'S FORS CLAVIGERA.
- Authors
Casillo, Robert
- Abstract
Discusses literary views on the abolition of capital punishment in England during the 19th century, with emphasis on John Ruskin's 'Fors Clavigera.' Arguments on the merits of capital punishment in restoring public order; Changes in the stance of author Charles Dickens; Reaction of Ruskin to the conversion of Dickens.
- Subjects
HISTORY of capital punishment; RUSKIN, John, 1819-1900; DICKENS, Charles, 1812-1870; FORS Clavigera (Book); POLITICAL attitudes; VICTORIAN (Literary period)
- Publication
Victorian Studies, 1986, Vol 29, Issue 4, p537
- ISSN
0042-5222
- Publication type
Literary Criticism