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- Walter Pater: Transparencies of Desire
- Book
- 2002
- Published by: ELT Press
summary
The "Conclusion" to The Renaissance advises the responsive critic to consider carefully "the various forms of intellectual activity which
together make up the culture of an age." Transparencies of Desire brings together twenty-one varied, contentious, informative essays that
confirm Pater's ongoing power to captivate and challenge readers. The interdisciplinary breadth of the collection demonstrates that the
critical culture of Pater studies is always multifaceted--inviting diverse theoretical perspectives yet also demanding that any paradigm of
analysis (feminist, new historicist, aesthetic, queer theory, formalist, biographical, Foucauldian) be tested and redefined. Scholars from
five different countries reconsider Pater's career and canon, the reception of his works, the intersections of genre, gender, and
aesthetics, and the implications of Pater's writings--in aesthetics, fiction, philosophy, archaeology, art history--for contemporary
cultural studies.
Table of Contents
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- List of Illustrations
- pp. x-xi
- Acknowledgments
- p. xii
- Abbreviations
- p. xiii
- Pater’s Body of Work
- pp. 236-249
- Pater’s Critical Spirit
- pp. 286-297
- Biographies
- pp. 363-367
Additional Information
ISBN
9780944318355
Related ISBN(s)
9780944318164
MARC Record
OCLC
794700853
Pages
394
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
Yes