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The “Whitelands Index”: The Making of John Pincher Faunthorpe’s Index to Fors Clavigera

Satomi Hanazumi    Japan Women’s University    

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This paper argues the hidden context of “Whitelands Index,” Index to Fors Clavigera (1887), edited by Rev. J.P. Faunthorpe. My research has heavily drawn on the “Mikimoto Collection”, which is composed of the documents written by Ruskin himself and those around him. Some of these materials support my hypothesis that Ruskin and Faunthorpe did not share the concept of index-making from the very beginning, as Ruskin put emphasis on providing a “Guide”. In addition, letters and notes addressed to Faunthorpe disclose the fact that he did not necessarily try to accomplish his project only by his own hands but asked Ruskin for help and advice concerning its arrangement. He did not follow Ruskin’s concept, being passionate about establishing his own style, or the “Whitelands’ style”. 

Published
March 7, 2025
Accepted
Dec. 3, 2024
Submitted
Aug. 30, 2024
Language
EN

Keywords:  IndexIndex to Fors ClavigeraJohn Pincher FaunthorpeWhitelands CollegeGuideMikimoto CollectionIndex-making Index to Fors Clavigera

Copyright: © 2024 Satomi Hanazumi. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

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