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Walter Pater
Essays from the ‘Guardian’ (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) [EPUB ebook]

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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 newspaper. Here are “English Literature, ” “Browning, ” “Wordsworth, ” “Amiel’s ‘Journal Intime, ’” “‘Robert Elsmere, ’” “‘Their Majesties’ Servants, ’” “Ferdinand Fabre, ” and two more.

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Walter Pater (1839-1894) was a British critic and essayist who championed the idea of ‘art for art’s sake, ‘ which was later used by such figures as Oscar Wilde and other devotees of Aestheticism. His essays on art and literature were printed in his Studies in the History of the Renaissance (1873), one of his most famous works.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 186 ● ISBN 9781411456464 ● File size 0.2 MB ● Age 99-17 years ● Publisher Barnes & Noble ● Published 2011 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 5864056 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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