Essays from The Guardian (Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies)
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| Rating | : | 4.92 (523 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1108034314 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 162 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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A short collection from a long time ago Publication date: 1910CONTENTS 1. English Literature, 2. Amiel's "Journal Intime", 3. Browning, A short collection from a long time ago Christopher (o.d.c.) Publication date: 1910CONTENTS 1. English Literature, 2. Amiel's "Journal Intime", 3. Browning, 4. "Robert Elsmere" 5. Their Majesties' Servants, 6. Wordsworth, 7. Mr. Gosse's Poems, 8. Ferdinand Fabre, 9. The "Contes" of M. Augustin Filon.I was surprised at myself, coming to the end of this short collection, to find that I had once rated it two stars. I must have been put off by the first essay, and by the unfamiliar names in the table of contents, because there are three or four essay. . "Robert Elsmere" 5. Their Majesties' Servants, 6. Wordsworth, 7. Mr. Gosse's Poems, 8. Ferdinand Fabre, 9. The "Contes" of M. Augustin Filon.I was surprised at myself, coming to the end of this short collection, to find that I had once rated it two stars. I must have been put off by the first essay, and by the unfamiliar names in the table of contents, because there are three or four essay
. Harold Bloom is a distinguised literary critic and University Professor of the Humanities at Yale University
He brought his extensive knowledge of the history of art to bear on the new problem of how to explain the very personal affective response to beauty, and raised this into a central concern of aesthetic and philosophical thought. Published alongside Pater's collected works of 1900-1, this collection reprints his essays from The Guardian, composed in the late 1880s. His ideas still shape modern assumptions about how art plays on our feelings and intellectual responses. Walter Pater (1839-94) was the foremost Victorian writer on art and on aesthetic experience. Pater turns to
. About the Author Harold Bloom is a distinguised literary critic and University Professor of the Humanities at Yale University