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Delphi Complete Works of Walter Pater (Illustrated)

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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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