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Child in the House (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
Originally published in 1878, this semi-autobiographical sketch by the eminent Victorian critic pioneered a new genre of writing: eschewing dialogue and traditional plotline, it is …
Greek Studies (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
This collection of essays on ancient Greek mythology, art, and culture was posthumously published in 1895. The contents are "e;A Study of Dionysus: Spiritual Form of Fire and …
Imaginary Portraits (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
Published in 1887, Imaginary Portraits consists of four studies of fictional characters in historical settings. They are notable not only as illustrations of Pater's aesthetic …
Plato and Platonism (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. [T]he first true and correctly proportioned presentation of Platonism that has been given to …
Appreciations: With an Essay on Style (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
Published in 1889, and revised in 1890, this essay was a clarion call by Pater for art criticism based on subjective emotional, rather than moralistic, criteria. It was met with …
Renaissance (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
These lambent essays, published in 1873, focus on Renaissance masters like Botticelli, Leonardo, and Michelangelo. The book's brief conclusory essay was to prove far more …
Miscellaneous Studies (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
This posthumous 1895 collection brings together, from many different journals and magazines, Paters influential and wide-ranging writings. The contents include Prosper Mrime, …
Essays from the "e;Guardian"e; (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
This 1896 book was assembled for a private printing when it was discovered that the author, a distinguished critic and novelist, had written nine anonymous pieces for the English …
Marius the Epicurean (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
This philosophical novel, published in 1885, uses the backdrop of Antonine Rome to elaborate Pater's ideas about Aestheticism. His hero, Marius, is a young Italian employed as …