Walter Pater : individualism and aesthetic philosophy /
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 dynami...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
2013.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | 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 siècle, 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. |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 220 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). |
| ISBN: | 9780748646265 (ebook) |
