Delphi Complete Works of Walter Pater (Illustrated)

Walter Pater, the English critic, essayist and humanist is noted for the advocacy of “art for art’s sake”, which became a cardinal doctrine of Aestheticism. Pater’s seminal work on the Renaissance was popular, yet controversial, reflecting his lost belief in Christianity. This comprehensive eBook presents Pater’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)

* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Pater’s life and works


* Concise introductions to the major texts


* All the fiction, including the unfinished novel GASTON DE LATOUR, with individual contents tables


* Features essay collections appearing for the first time in digital publishing, including UNCOLLECTED ESSAYS


* Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts


* Excellent formatting of the texts


* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the essays


* Easily locate the essays you want to read


* Special criticism section, with essays evaluating Pater’s contribution to literature


* Features two biographies, including Benson’s celebrated study of the author - discover Pater’s personal and literary life


* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres

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CONTENTS:

The Fiction


MARIUS THE EPICUREAN


GASTON DE LATOUR

The Non-Fiction


STUDIES IN THE HISTORY OF THE RENAISSANCE


IMAGINARY PORTRAITS


APPRECIATIONS: WITH AN ESSAY ON STYLE


PLATO AND PLATONISM: A SERIES OF LECTURES


GREEK STUDIES: A SERIES OF ESSAYS


MISCELLANEOUS STUDIES: A SERIES OF ESSAYS


ESSAYS FROM ‘THE GUARDIAN’


UNCOLLECTED ESSAYS

The Essays


LIST OF ESSAYS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER


LIST OF ESSAYS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

The Criticism


THE CRITIC AS ARTIST by Oscar Wilde


MR. PATER ON IDEAL ÆSTHETICISM by George Edward Woodberry


WALTER PATER by Arthur Symons


WALTER PATER by John Cowper Powys


WALTER PATER by Charles Edwyn Vaughan


ON RE-READING WALTER PATER by Richard Le Gallienne


THE MODERN ESSAY by Virginia Woolf

The Biographies


WALTER PATER by A. C. Benson


WALTER HORATIO PATER by Edmund Gosse

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