| The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry Contributor(s): Pater, Walter (Author), Hill, Donald L. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0520036646 ISBN-13: 9780520036642 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $41.53 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1980 Annotation: "The Renaissance" is a strikingly original and influential collection of essays in which Walker Pater gave memorable expression to an aesthetic view of life. It has never before been published in a scholarly edition. Donald L. Hill reproduces Pater's text of 1893, with a record of all verbal variations in other editions, from the early magazine versions to the Library Edition of 1910. Mr. Hill provides a full set of critical and explanatory notes on each of Pater's essays; headnotes outlining the story of its composition, publication, and reception; and an essay on the history of the book as a whole. Students of Pater and the Aesthetic Movement in England will find this new, annotated edition indispensable. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Renaissance - Poetry - Art | History - Renaissance |
| Dewey: 700.94 |
| Physical Information: 1.16" H x 5.38" W x 8.47" (1.35 lbs) 532 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Chronological Period - 15th Century - Chronological Period - 16th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Renaissance is a strikingly original and influential collection of essays in which Walker Pater gave memorable expression to an aesthetic view of life. It has never before been published in a scholarly edition. Donald L. Hill reproduces Pater's text of 1893, with a record of all verbal variations in other editions, from the early magazine versions to the Library Edition of 1910. Mr. Hill provides a full set of critical and explanatory notes on each of Pater's essays; headnotes outlining the story of its composition, publication, and reception; and an essay on the history of the book as a whole. Students of Pater and the Aesthetic Movement in England will find this new, annotated edition indispensable. |