{"product_id":"sesame-and-lilies-john-ruskin-9780300092608","title":"Sesame and Lilies","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn Ruskin's \u003cem\u003eSesame and Lilies, \u003c\/em\u003efirst published in 1865, stands as a classic nineteenth-century statement on the natures and duties of men and women. Although widely popular in its time, the work in its entirety has been out of print since the early twentieth century. This volume returns \u003cem\u003eSesame and Lilies \u003c\/em\u003eto\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eeasy availability and reunites the two halves of the work: \u003cem\u003eOf Kings' Treasuries, \u003c\/em\u003ein which Ruskin critiques Victorian manhood, and \u003cem\u003eOf Queens' Gardens, \u003c\/em\u003ein which he counsels women to take their places as the moral guides of men and urges the parents of girls to educate them to this end.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeminist critics of the 1960s and 1970s regarded \u003cem\u003eOf Queens' Gardens \u003c\/em\u003eas\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ean exemplary expression of repressive Victorian ideas about femininity, and they paired it with John Stuart Mill's more progressive \u003cem\u003eSubjection of Women\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eThis volume, by including the often ignored \u003cem\u003eOf Kings' Treasuries, \u003c\/em\u003eoffers readers full access to Ruskin's complex and sometimes contradictory views on men and women. The accompanying essays place \u003cem\u003eSesame and Lilies \u003c\/em\u003ewithin\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ehistorical debates on men, women, culture, and the family. Elizabeth Helsinger examines the text as a meditation on the pleasures of reading, Seth Koven gives a wide-ranging account of how Victorians read \u003cem\u003eSesame and Lilies, \u003c\/em\u003eand Jan Marsh situates the work within controversies over educational reform.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Ruskin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300092601\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300092608\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.76w x 0.57d","brand":"John Ruskin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44054454370559,"sku":"9780300092608","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6eb13ca4-6a14-4927-9017-997cc651361d.jpg?v=1685030072","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sesame-and-lilies-john-ruskin-9780300092608","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}