01949nam a2200325 i 4500 104183 InACL 20260926163825.0 260926s1997 xxu 0 eng d 9780521572217 0521572215 InACL eng rda InACL 824.8 SHU 23 Shuter, William author Rereading Walter Pater / William Shuter New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997 157 pages text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Walter Pater is increasingly being seen as a pivotal figure in nineteenth-century culture. His later work is often regarded as an effort to distance himself from his earlier, more controversial texts. William F. Shuter argues that Pater's writings demand a twofold reading.Shuter first offers a conventional account of the texts in the order in which they were written, paying close attention to the changes in Pater's thought and interests over time; he then returns to the earlier texts, showing how the later work serves, paradoxically, as an introduction to the earlier. Drawing extensively on unpublished manuscript material, Shuter reveals that Pater himself authorized rereadings of his work in an effort to rewrite his own literary past and the past of his culture.Such a rereading of Pater's work uncovers patterns of continuity and anticipation that decisively alter our understanding o Pater, Walter, 1839-1894 -- Knowledge and learning. Pater, Walter, 1839-1894 -- Criticism, Textual. Pater, Walter, 1839-1894 -- Manuscripts. English essays -- Criticism, Textual. Prose literature -- Technique. Manuscripts, English. Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 19th century. Criticism, Textual 632842 632842 0 0 0 0 ACL ACL GEN 2026-09-26 0 824.8 SHU 104183 2026-09-26 16:38:25 2026-09-26 BK