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Famed for his singular prose style as much as for his controversial aestheticist principles, Walter Pater (1839-1894) was one of the great essayists in a century of great essayistic writing.
His first book, Studies in the History of the Renaissance — one of the most original and influential texts of the Victorian Aesthetic Movement — was described by Arthur Symons as `the most beautiful book of prose in our literature’, and his later work moved Vernon Lee to call him `the natural exponent of the highest aesthetic doctrine’.
Selected Essays is a generous gathering of Pater’s essays on literature, art, history, philosophy and mythology — all of them, in the words of Oscar Wilde, `delicately wrought works of art’.
The selection is accompanied by Alex Wong’s critical and biographical introduction and rich explanatory notes.
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- Publisher:Carcanet Press Ltd
- Publication Date:27/09/2018
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:448 pages
- Publisher:Carcanet Press Ltd
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- ISBN:9781784106263