Pater and the Painterly: Imaginary Portraits

Lene Østermark-Johansen

Pater and the Painterly: Imaginary Portraits

Institut for Engelsk, Germansk og Romansk

Abstract

The article presents a literary criticism of Walter Pater's "Imaginary Portraits" which remained vibrant with a new French translation in 1930, a Castilian one in 1942 and two more Italian translations in 1944 and 1994. It focuses on 2 important aspects of his short fiction namely its contemporary reception in 1887 and his use of portraiture which hovers around the framed and the fluid. It notes how Pater asserts his mature omnipotence as a writer while crushing one young life after another.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	English Literature in Transition, 1880-1920
Vol/bind	56
Udgave nummer	3
Sider (fra-til)	343-54
Antal sider	11
ISSN	0013-8339
Status	Udgivet - jul. 2013

Emneord

Det Humanistiske Fakultet
Walter Pater
reception of Imaginary Portraits
Imaginary Portraits
aestheticism
type vs individual

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