Essays from The Guardian (Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies)
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| Rating | : | 4.66 (608 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1108034314 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 162 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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Walter Pater (1839-94) was the foremost Victorian writer on art and on aesthetic experience. Pater turns to literary topics with these reviews of new editions of Wordsworth and anthologies of poetry, academic studies on Browning and on the English theatre, Mrs Humphrey Ward's novel Robert Elsmere and her translation of the philosopher Henri-Frédéric Amiel's private diary, as well as works by Edmund Gosse, Ferdinand Fabre and Augustin Filon.. He brought his extensive knowledge of the history of art to bear on the new problem of how to explain the very personal affective response to beauty, and raised this int
A short collection from a long time ago Christopher (o.d.c.) Publication date: 1910CONTENTS 1. English Literature, 2. Amiel's "Journal Intime", 3. Browning, 4. "Robert Elsmere" 5. Their Majesties' Servants, 6. Wordsworth, 7. Mr. Gosse's Poems, 8. Ferdinand Fabre, 9. The "Contes" of M. Augustin Filon.I was surprised at myself, coming to the end of this short collection, to find that I had once rated it two stars
. Harold Bloom is a distinguised literary critic and University Professor of the Humanities at Yale University
About the Author Harold Bloom is a distinguised literary critic and University Professor of the Humanities at Yale University.