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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      22 October 2009
      09 January 1997
      ISBN:
      9780511583025
      9780521572217
      9780521019811
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511583025
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.374kg, 176 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.282kg, 176 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Literature, Philosophy: General Interest, English Literature 1830-1900, Philosophy
      Series:
      Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture (9)
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    Subjects:
    Literature, Philosophy: General Interest, English Literature 1830-1900, Philosophy
    Series:
    Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture (9)
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    Walter Pater is increasingly gaining recognition as a pivotal figure in nineteenth-century culture. His later work is often regarded as an effort to distance himself from his earlier, more controversial texts. In this 1997 book, William F. Shuter argues that Pater's writings demand a twofold reading. Shuter first offers an account of the texts in the order in which they were written, paying close attention to the changes in Pater's thought and interests over time; he then returns to the earlier texts, showing how the later work serves, paradoxically, as an introduction to the earlier. Drawing extensively on unpublished manuscript material, Shuter reveals that Pater himself authorised rereadings of his work in an effort to rewrite his own literary past and the past of his culture. This perspective on Pater's work uncovers patterns of continuity and anticipation that decisively alter our understanding of Pater and his writings.

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    "...Shuter's book makes a solid contribution to Pater scholarship. ...Shuter's effort to bring newly available material to bear on well-known texts points to valuable avenues for future research." Matthew Potolsky, Victorian Studies

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