Walter Pater : Humanist
This provocative study suggests that Pater, usually thought of as a florid prose stylist and second-rate adjunct to the Esthetic Movement, is, in reality, an articulate prophet of the twentieth century. Pater's work, the book indicates, shows a consistent concern with the transmission of humanism from one generation to the next through the medium of art. The link in that transmission is the human image in a milieu -- the appearance of man as manifested in painting, sculpture, prose, poetry, or drama. Pater's fiction, as well as his criticism, strives to create a milieu, extracting both what is
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| Person | |
|---|---|
| Ausgabe | 1st ed. |
| Ort, Verlag, Jahr |
Lexington, Kentucky
: The University Press of Kentucky
, 1970
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| Umfang | 1 online resource (200 p.) |
| ISBN | 0-8131-6257-2 |
| Sprache | Englisch |
| Zusatzinfo | Includes index. |
| Zusatzinfo | Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; CHAPTER ONE The Renaissance; CHAPTER TWO The Critic of Form; CHAPTER THREE The Living & the Dead; CHAPTER FOUR The House Beautiful & the Cathedral; CHAPTER FIVE The Hard, Gemlike Flame in Aurelian Rome; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y |
| Zusatzinfo | English |
| Online-Zugang | EBSCO EBS 2024 |
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