Walter Pater: Individualism and Aesthetic Philosophy |
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Author:
| Hext, Kate |
Series title: | Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-299-73582-8 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2013 |
Publisher: | Edinburgh University Press
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Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $105.35 |
Book Description:
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Repositioning Walter Pater at the philosophical nexus of Aestheticism, this study presents the first discussion of how Pater redefines Romantic Individualism through his engagements with modern philosophical discourses and in the context of emerging modernity in Britain. It also considers the dynamics between form and thought at the fin de siecle, contextualizing its comments in terms of Matthew Arnold, Oscar Wilde and Vernon Lee and others, to offer a fully integrated account of the...
More DescriptionRepositioning Walter Pater at the philosophical nexus of Aestheticism, this study presents the first discussion of how Pater redefines Romantic Individualism through his engagements with modern philosophical discourses and in the context of emerging modernity in Britain. It also considers the dynamics between form and thought at the fin de siecle, contextualizing its comments in terms of Matthew Arnold, Oscar Wilde and Vernon Lee and others, to offer a fully integrated account of the intellectual cultures and currents in this period."