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040			_aInACL _beng _erda _cInACL
082	0	4	_a824.8 _bSHU _223
100	1		_aShuter, William _eauthor
245	1	0	_aRereading Walter Pater / _cWilliam Shuter
264		1	_aNew York : _bCambridge University Press, _c1997
300			_a157 pages
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_aWalter 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 Drawing extensively on unpublished manuscript material, Shuter reveals that Pater himself authorized rereadings of his work in an effort to rewrite his own literary past and the past of his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
650		0	_aPater, Walter, 1839-1894 -- Knowledge and learning.
650		0	_aPater, Walter, 1839-1894 -- Criticism, Textual.
650		0	_aPater, Walter, 1839-1894 -- Manuscripts.
650		0	_aEnglish essays -- Criticism, Textual.
650		0	_aProse literature -- Technique.
650		0	_aManuscripts, English.
650		0	_aGreat Britain -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
650		0	_aCriticism, Textual
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