Overview

Full Product Details

Author:   Stephen Bann ,  Elinor S. Shaffer
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.635kg
ISBN:  

9780826468468

ISBN 10:   0826468462
Pages:   328
Publication Date:   28 November 2004
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier.
Language:   English

Table of Contents

Series Editor's Preface Elinor Shaffer; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; Timeline: European Reception of Pater by Stefano Evangelista, University of Bristol; Introduction by Stephen Bann, University of Bristol; I Italian; 1. 'The Sterile Ascetic of Beauty': Pater and the Italian fin de siecle by Benedetta Bini, University of Tuscia; 2. The Fortune of The Renaissance in Italian art criticism (1894-1944) by Maurizio Ascari, University of Bologna; 3. Pater's Reception in Italy by Elisa Bizzotto, University of Venice-Ca'Foscari; II French; 4. 'Influence occulte': The Reception of Pater's works in France before 1922 by Emily Eells, University of Paris X-Nanterre; 5. 'An untimely soul'? Pater's academic reception in France from the early 1920s by Benedicte Coste, Stendhal University, Grenoble; III German; 6. A German View of Pater by Wolfgang Iser; 7. 'Time flowing and time suspended': Hoffmansthal's variations on a Paterian theme by Ulrike Stamm, Berlin; 8. The critic's critic: Rudolf Borchardt's Centenary essay 'Walter Pater' (1939) by Martina Lauster, University of ExeterIV Hungarian; 9. Pater in Hungary by Mihaly Szegedy-Maszak, Eoetvoes University, Budapest V Czech; 10. Pater in Czech culture: Milos Marten's Essay on Marius the Epicurean (1911) by Martin Prochazka, Charles University, PragueVI Polish; 11. 'Our I and History': The Polish Reception of Pater by Piotr Juszkiewicz, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan; VII Portugese; 12. Fernando Pessoa and the reception of Pater in Portugal by Maria Teresa Malafaia, University of Lisbon and Jorge Miguel Bastos da Silva, University of Oporto; VIII Catalan and Spanish; 13. War and Peace - Pater's part: Translations in 1930s and 1940s Spain by Jacqueline Hurtley, University of Barcelona; Bibliography; Index

Reviews

if your aim is to understand why he appealed and appeals to many diverse readers in many European languages, then you will find the book immensely illuminating...collectively [these essays] reveal much about the complex process in which a grand reputation is established. --,

if your aim is to understand why he appealed and appeals to many diverse readers in many European languages, then you will find the book immensely illuminating...collectively [these essays] reveal much about the complex process in which a grand reputation is established. --David Carrier, Art Bulletin, 2005

Author Information

Stephen Bann is Professor of History of Art at the University of Bristol, UK.

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions