{"product_id":"selected-essays-9781784106263","title":"Selected Essays","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFamed for his singular prose style as much as for his controversial aestheticist principles, Walter Pater (1839-1894) was one of the great essayists in a century of great essayistic writing. His first book, Studies in the History of the Renaissance — one of the most original and influential texts of the Victorian Aesthetic Movement — was described by Arthur Symons as `the most beautiful book of prose in our literature’, and his later work moved Vernon Lee to call him `the natural exponent of the highest aesthetic doctrine’. Selected Essays is a generous gathering of Pater’s essays on literature, art, history, philosophy and mythology — all of them, in the words of Oscar Wilde, `delicately wrought works of art’. The selection is accompanied by Alex Wong’s critical and biographical introduction and rich explanatory notes.","brand":"Carcanet Press Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51360118374743,"sku":"9781784106263","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781784106263.jpg?v=1754126719","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/selected-essays-9781784106263","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}