Miscellaneous Studies; a series of essays
by Walter Pater
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The volume of Greek Studies, issued early in the present year, dealt with Mr. Pater's contributions to the study of Greek art, mythology, and poetry. The present volume has no such unifying principle. Some of the papers would naturally find their place alongside of those collected in Imaginary Portraits, or in Appreciations, or in the Studies in the Renaissance. And there is no doubt, in the case of several of them, that Mr. Pater, if he had lived, would have subjected them to careful revision before allowing them to reappear in a permanent form. The task, which he left unexecuted, cannot now ...
Chapters (44)
- MISCELLANEOUS STUDIES: A SERIES OF ESSAYS
- WALTER HORATIO PATER
- London: 1910. (The Library Edition.)
- NOTES BY THE E-TEXT EDITOR:
- MISCELLANEOUS STUDIES: A SERIES OF ESSAYS
- WALTER HORATIO PATER
- CONTENTS
- C. Shadwell's Preface—Publication Chronology: 1-7 Prosper Mérimée: 11-37 Raphael: 38-61 Pascal: 62-89 Art Notes in North Italy: 90-108 Notre Dame D'Amiens: 109-125 Vézelay: 126-141 Apollo in Picardy: 142-171 The Child in the House: 172-196 Emerald Uthwart: 197-246 Diaphaneité: 247-254
- CHARLES L. SHADWELL'S PREFACE
- A CHRONOLOGY OF PATER'S WORKS, 1866-1895
- 1866.
- 1867.
- 1868.
- 1869.
- 1870.
- 1871.
- 1873.
- 1874.
- 1875.
- 1876.
- 1877.
- 1878.
- 1880.
- 1883.
- 1885.
- 1886.
- 1887.
- 1888.
- 1889.
- 1890.
- 1892.
- 1893.
- 1894.
- 1895.
- PROSPER MÉRIMÉE*
- RAPHAEL*
- PASCAL*
- ART NOTES IN NORTH ITALY*
- NOTRE-DAME D'AMIENS*
- VÉZELAY*
- APOLLO IN PICARDY*
- THE CHILD IN THE HOUSE*
- EMERALD UTHWART*
- DIAPHANEITÉ
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