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Walter Pater is increasingly being seen 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. William F. Shuter argues that Pater's writings demand a twofold reading.
Shuter first offers a conventional 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 Drawing extensively on unpublished manuscript material, Shuter reveals that Pater himself authorized rereadings of his work in an effort to rewrite his own literary past and the past of his culture.
Such a rereading of Pater's work uncovers patterns of continuity and anticipation that decisively alter our understanding of Pater and his writings.
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Criticism, Textual, English Manuscripts, English essays, Intellectual life, Knowledge and learning, Manuscripts, Manuscripts, English, Prose literature, Technique, Textual Criticism, Pater, walter, 1839-1894, Great britain, intellectual life, English essays, history and criticismPeople
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 146-151) and index.
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