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Informationen zum Autor Walter Horatio Pater (August 4! 1839 – July 30! 1894) was an English essayist! literary and art critic! and fiction writer! regarded as one of the great stylists. His works on Renaissance subjects were popular but controversial! reflecting his lost belief in Christianity. Donald L. Hill (1914-1997) was was Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Michigan. Klappentext A collection of Walker Pater's essays that gave memorable expression to an aesthetic view of life. It provides a 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. Zusammenfassung A collection of Walker Pater's essays that gave memorable expression to an aesthetic view of life. It provides a 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of lllustrations Editor's Preface Textual Corrections and Emendations The Renaissance Preface Two Early French Stories Pico della Mirandola Sandro Botticelli Luca della Robbia The Poetry of Michelangelo Leonardo da Vinci The School of Giorgione Joachim du Bellay Winckelmann Conclusion Pater's Review of Children in Italian and English Design! by Sidney Colvin Pater's Review of Renaissance in Italy: The Age of the Despots! by John Addington Symonds A Pater Chronology Textual Notes Critical and Explanatory Notes Original Texts of Passages Translated in the Notes Index
