Transfigured World: Walter Pater's Aesthetic Historicism

Williams, Carolyn

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Transfigured World: Walter Pater's Aesthetic Historicism

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Carolyn Williams

2016

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Exploring the intricacy and complexity of Walter Pater's prose, Transfigured World challenges traditional approaches to Pater and shows precise ways in which the form of his prose expresses its content. Carolyn Williams asserts that Pater's aestheticism and his historicism should be understood as dialectically interrelated critical strategies, inextricable from each other in practice. Williams discusses the explicit and embedded narratives that play a crucial role in Pater's aesthetic criticism and examines the figures that compose these narratives, including rhetorical tropes, structures of argument such as genealogy, and historical or fictional personae.

Cover

pp. i-i

Title Page, Copyright, Dedication

pp. i-vi

Title Page

pp. iii-iii

pp. vii-viii

Dedication

pp. v-v

Acknowledgments

pp. ix-x

Abbreviations

pp. xi-xiv

Acknowledgments

pp. ix-x

Abbreviations

pp. xi-xii

Introduction

pp. 1-10

Part One: Opening Conclusions

pp. 11-13

Epigraph

pp. xiv-xiv

Introduction

pp. 1-10

1. "That Which Is Without"

pp. 14-18

Part One Â· Opening Conclusions

pp. 11-13

2. "The Inward World of Thought and Feeling"

pp. 18-25

3. Aestheticism

pp. 26-37

1. âThat Which Is Withoutâ

pp. 14-18

2. âThe Inward World of Thought and Feelingâ

pp. 19-25

4. Answerable Style

pp. 37-46

3. Aestheticism

pp. 26-37

5. Historicism

pp. 46-57

6. Aesthetic Historicism and "Aesthetic Poetry"

pp. 57-67

4. Answerable Style

pp. 38-46

5. Historicism

pp. 47-57

7. The Poetics of Revival

pp. 68-78

Part Two: Figural Strategies in The Renaissance

pp. 79-82

6. Aesthetic Historicism and âAesthetic Poetryâ

pp. 58-67

1. Legend and Historicity

pp. 82-94

7. The Poetics of Revival

pp. 68-78

2. Myths of History: The Last Supper

pp. 94-102

Part Two Â· Figural Strategies in The Renaissance

pp. 79-82

3. The Historicity of Myth

pp. 103-110

1. Legend and Historicity

pp. 83-94

4. Myths of History: The Mona Lisa

pp. 111-123

2. Myths of History: The Last Supper

pp. 95-102

3. The Historicity of Myth

pp. 103-110

5. Types and Figures

pp. 123-143

4. Myths of History: The Mona Lisa

pp. 111-123

6. Low and High Relief: "Luca Della Robbia"

pp. 143-153

7. The Senses of Relief

pp. 153-168

5. Types and Figures

pp. 124-143

6. Low and High Relief: âLuca Della Robbiaâ

pp. 144-153

Part Three: Historical Novelty and Marius the Epicurean

pp. 169-172

1. The Transparent Hero

pp. 172-184

7. The Senses of Relief

pp. 154-168

2. Autobiography of the Zeitgeist

pp. 184-193

Part Three Â· Historical Novelty and Marius the Epicurean

pp. 169-172

3. The Transcendental Induction

pp. 193-202

1. The Transparent Hero

pp. 173-184

2. Autobiography of the Zeitgeist

pp. 185-193

4. Typology as Narrative Form

pp. 202-212

3. The Transcendental Induction

pp. 194-202

5. Typological Ladders

pp. 213-219

4. Typology as Narrative Form

pp. 203-212

6. Christian Historicism

pp. 219-224

7. Literary History as "Appreciation"

pp. 224-234

5. Typological Ladders

pp. 213-219

Part Four: "Recovery as Reminiscence": The Greek Studies and Plato and Platonism

pp. 235-238

6. Christian Historicism

pp. 220-224

7. Literary History as âAppreciationâ

pp. 225-234

1. Histories of Myth: The Greek Studies

pp. 238-247

2. The House Beautiful and Its Interpreter

pp. 247-249

Part Four Â· âRecovery as Reminiscenceâ: The Greek Studies and Plato and Platonism

pp. 235-238

1. Histories of Myth: The Greek Studies

pp. 239-247

3. The Philosophy of Mythic Form

pp. 249-258

4. The History of Philosophy

pp. 258-266

2. The House Beautiful and Its Interpreter

pp. 248-249

3. The Philosophy of Mythic Form

pp. 250-258

5. The Anecdote of the Shell

pp. 266-270

4. The History of Philosophy

pp. 259-266

6. Dialogue and Dialectic

pp. 270-277

7. Paterian Recollection: The Anagogic Mind

pp. 277-281

5. The Anecdote of the Shell

pp. 267-270

Afterword

pp. 282-284

6. Dialogue and Dialectic

pp. 271-277

Index

pp. 285-290

7. Paterian Recollection: The Anagogic Mind

pp. 278-281

Afterword

pp. 282-284

Index

pp. 285-290

Copyright

pp. iv-iv

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ISBN	9781501707117
Related ISBN(s)	9780801421518, 9781501707124, 9781501707247
DOI	10.1353/book.47553
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OCLC	747304456
Pages	290
Launched on MUSE	2016-08-23
Language	English
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Transfigured World: Walter Pater's Aesthetic Historicism

In this Book

Transfigured World: Walter Pater's Aesthetic Historicism

Table of Contents

Cover

Cover

Title Page, Copyright, Dedication

Title Page

Contents

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

Part One: Opening Conclusions

Epigraph

Introduction

1. "That Which Is Without"

Part One Â· Opening Conclusions

2. "The Inward World of Thought and Feeling"

3. Aestheticism

1. âThat Which Is Withoutâ

2. âThe Inward World of Thought and Feelingâ

4. Answerable Style

3. Aestheticism

5. Historicism

6. Aesthetic Historicism and "Aesthetic Poetry"

4. Answerable Style

5. Historicism

7. The Poetics of Revival

Part Two: Figural Strategies in The Renaissance

6. Aesthetic Historicism and âAesthetic Poetryâ

1. Legend and Historicity

7. The Poetics of Revival

2. Myths of History: The Last Supper

Part Two Â· Figural Strategies in The Renaissance

3. The Historicity of Myth

1. Legend and Historicity

4. Myths of History: The Mona Lisa

2. Myths of History: The Last Supper

3. The Historicity of Myth

5. Types and Figures

4. Myths of History: The Mona Lisa

6. Low and High Relief: "Luca Della Robbia"

7. The Senses of Relief

5. Types and Figures

6. Low and High Relief: âLuca Della Robbiaâ

Part Three: Historical Novelty and Marius the Epicurean

1. The Transparent Hero

7. The Senses of Relief

2. Autobiography of the Zeitgeist

Part Three Â· Historical Novelty and Marius the Epicurean

3. The Transcendental Induction

1. The Transparent Hero

2. Autobiography of the Zeitgeist

4. Typology as Narrative Form

3. The Transcendental Induction

5. Typological Ladders

4. Typology as Narrative Form

6. Christian Historicism

7. Literary History as "Appreciation"

5. Typological Ladders

Part Four: "Recovery as Reminiscence": The Greek Studies and Plato and Platonism

6. Christian Historicism

7. Literary History as âAppreciationâ

1. Histories of Myth: The Greek Studies

2. The House Beautiful and Its Interpreter

Part Four Â· âRecovery as Reminiscenceâ: The Greek Studies and Plato and Platonism

1. Histories of Myth: The Greek Studies

3. The Philosophy of Mythic Form

4. The History of Philosophy

2. The House Beautiful and Its Interpreter

3. The Philosophy of Mythic Form

5. The Anecdote of the Shell

4. The History of Philosophy

6. Dialogue and Dialectic

7. Paterian Recollection: The Anagogic Mind

5. The Anecdote of the Shell

Afterword

1. âThat Which Is Withoutâ

2. âThe Inward World of Thought and Feelingâ

6. Aesthetic Historicism and âAesthetic Poetryâ

6. Low and High Relief: âLuca Della Robbiaâ

7. Literary History as âAppreciationâ

Part Four Â· âRecovery as Reminiscenceâ: The Greek Studies and Plato and Platonism