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Walter Pater

Also known as: Walter Horatio Pater, Horatio Walter Pater

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Walter Horatio Pater (4 August 1839 – 30 July 1894) was an English essayist, art and literary critic, and fiction writer, regarded as one of the great stylists. His first and most often reprinted book, Studies in the History of the Renaissance (1873), revised as The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry (1877), in which he outlined his approach to art and advocated an ideal of the intense inner life, was taken by many as a manifesto (whether stimulating or subversive) of Aestheticism.

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"The history of the Renaissance ends in France, and carries us away from Italy to the beautiful cities of the country of the Loire."

— from The Renaissance, Studies in Art and Poetry, 1888

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Renaissance

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DESTINYMyths lead Annja Creed to France, where the terrifying legend of the Beast of Gevaudan hints at the unimaginable. What she discovers is shattering: an artifact that will seal her destiny; monks willing to murder to protect their secret; and a powerful black-market occultist desperate to claim centuries-old blood money.SOLOMON'S JARRumors of Solomon's Jar, in which King Solomon bound demons after using them to build his temple, are followed with interest by Annja. Her search for the truth leads to a cult driven by visions of a new world order and Annja embarks on a relentless chase to stop humanity's most unfathomable secrets from reshaping the world.THE SPIDER STONEIn the remains of an Underground Railroad tunnel, a strange stone reveals a dark secret of Africa's ancient past. Intrigued, Annja opens a door to a legend bound by a terrible force. Her odyssey into the Senegalese jungle becomes a race to stop those eager to unleash the virulence of the Spider God.

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The Renaissance, Studies in Art and Poetry

1888

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Walter Pater’s Studies in the History of the Renaissance was one of the most talked about books in nineteenth-century Britain, and it remains a work of unusual importance to anyone interested in art history or English literature. Pater’s luxurious and finely wrought style inspired generations of writers, and his unique blend of scholarship, philosophy, and personal bias made his view of the quintessential ‘spirit of the renaissance’ a key subject for subsequent aesthetic debate.

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Essays from 'The Guardian'

1920

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