Delphi Complete Works of Walter Pater (Illustrated)

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By Walter Pater

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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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