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Walter Pater

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The author reconstructs the life, writings, and character of a notable late‑Victorian critic and essayist, tracing family origins, schooling, Oxford years, and professional life in London. Chapters combine chronological biography with close readings of early essays, the philosophical novel Marius the Epicurean, and later critical pieces, supported by correspondence and recollections from friends and relatives. The study highlights aesthetic doctrines, religious inclinations, stylistic traits, and personal habits, linking intellectual development to social milieu and assessing contemporary reception while sketching the subject’s temperament and manner.

INDEX

  • A
  • Ainslie, Mr. Douglas, 21, 136, 185.
  • America, one of Olney Paters emigrate to, 1.
  • Amiel’s Journal (trans. Mrs. H. Ward), 199–200.
  • Appleton, Dr. (editor of Academy), 21.
  • Appreciations, 12; 1st ed. (1889), 2nd ed. (1890), 33; 119, 122, 147
  • “Aesthetic Poetry” (1868), 32, 33;
  • reappeared (1889 ed.), omitted (1890 ed.), 153.
  • “Charles Lamb,” 62–4, 78.
  • Coleridge, S. T., considered as a philosopher, 12–13.
  • “Feuillet’s La Morte,” 122.
  • “Love’s Labour’s Lost” (1898), 78, 153.
  • “Measure for Measure” (1874), 153, 154.
  • “Romanticism” (1876), 64–6, reappeared as postscript to (1889), 153.
  • “Shakespeare’s English Kings” (1889), 153,
  • superficial analysis of, 155–6.
  • “Sir Thomas Browne” (1886), 119–22.
  • “Style” (1888), 147–53, 209.
  • Apuleius, Golden Book of, 92.
  • Arnold, Miss Mary (Mrs. Humphry Ward), 21.
  • Art, History of Ancient (Winckelmann), 29.
  • Athenaeum, 118.
  • Azay-le-Rideau, 32.
  • B
  • Brasenose College, description of, 15–17.
  • —— ancient ceremonies preserved at, 85.
  • “Bruno, Giordano” (Gaston de Latour), 140, 153.
  • Bussell, Dr. F. W., devoted companion to Pater, 21;
  • memorial sermon on, 24; 180–1, 183, 189.
  • Bywater, Prof. Ingram, 20, 192.
  • C
  • Caird, Dr. Edward, 20.
  • Canterbury, King’s School at, 2, 6, 134.
  • Capes, Mr. W. W., 20.
  • Carlyle, Thomas, 213.
  • Champneys, Mr. Basil, 21, 192.
  • Child in the House, The. See Miscellaneous Studies.
  • “Concert, The” (picture), 50.
  • Cowper, William, 1.
  • Creighton, Bishop, 21.
  • D
  • Daniel, Dr., 21.
  • —— Mrs., 21.
  • Dante (Prefatory Essay to Dr. C. L. Shadwell’s translation of), 159.
  • Deffense et Illustration de la Langue Françoyse, La (Du Bellay), 45.
  • Dialogues (Jowett), 56.
  • Dictionary of National Biography, 19.
  • Dilke, Lady, 37, 198.
  • E
  • Earthly Paradise, The (Morris), 35.
  • Education (English system compared with Spartan theory of), 167–8.
  • Eliot, George, 192.
  • English Poets (Ward’s), 12.
  • F
  • Fortnightly Review, publication of essays in, 32–3; 67, 119, 140, 147, 153.
  • “France, Some Great Churches in,” 168–9.
  • G
  • Goethe, 11, 14, 29, 131.
  • Gore, Dr., 199.
  • Gosse, Mr. Edmund, 21;
  • letter to, 32; 54, 189, 190, 202, 205.
  • Greek Studies (1895)—
  • “Aegina, The Marbles of,” 76.
  • “Athletic Prizemen, The Age of,” 77, 168.
  • “Demeter and Persephone, The Myth of,” 71–2.
  • “Dionysus” (1876), 67–70.
  • “Euripides, The Bacchanals of,” 70–1, 200.
  • “Greek Sculpture, Beginnings of,” 74–6.
  • “Hippolytus Veiled” (1889), 73–4, 122, 153.
  • Guardian, 48, 57, 118, 119, 204, 206.
  • Guenevere, Defence of (W. Morris), 33.
  • H
  • Holywell Cemetery, Oxford, 176.
  • Hursley, 4.
  • I
  • Imaginary Portraits, 73
  • “Court Painters, A Prince of” (1885), 122.
  • Composition of, 124–5, 126.
  • “Denys l’Auxerrois” (1886), 122, 123, 126–8, 131.
  • “Duke Carl of Rosenmold” (1887), 122, 130–1, 207.
  • “Sebastian van Storck” (1886), 122, 128–30, 131, 207.
  • Italy, 9–10, 32.
  • J
  • Jason (William Morris), 35.
  • Johnson, Mr. Lionel, 21.
  • Jowett, Rev. Benjamin, 9;
  • his opinion of Pater’s ability, 54–5, 56, 57, 196–7;
  • Life of, 54, 56.
  • K
  • Keble, John, 4.
  • King’s Tragedy, The (Rossetti), 87.
  • Kipling, Rudyard, 205–6.
  • L
  • Lamb, Charles, 213.
  • Latour, Gaston de, 92, 140–7.
  • Letters (Pascal), 173.
  • Lettres à une Inconnue (Prosper Mérimée), 158.
  • M
  • Macmillan’s Magazine, 140, 153.
  • Mallock, Mr., 52.
  • Marius the Epicurean, 46, 82–3, 85–9;
  • autobiographical impression of, 91–115;
  • reception of, 118, 162, 199;
  • quoted, 93–9, 101–2, 104, 107, 108, 112, 114.
  • May, Mrs. Walter, 2.
  • Miscellaneous Studies, 10
  • “Apollo in Picardy” (1893), 123, 132–4.
  • “Art Notes in North Italy,” 159.
  • Child in the House, The (1898), 4, 5, 79–82, 89, 122.
  • Diaphaneitè (1864), 10–11.
  • Emerald Uthwart (1892), 4, 6, 123, 131, 134–9, 159.
  • “Notre-Dame d’Amiens,” 168–9.
  • “Pascal,” 169, 202.
  • “Prosper Mérimée” (1890), 156–9.
  • “Raphael,” 159–62.
  • “Vézelay” (1894), 169.
  • N
  • New Republic (Mallock), 52–4; 55; 193.
  • New Review, 159.
  • Nineteenth Century, 168.
  • O
  • Olney, 1.
  • Oxford, 8, 17–19, 23, 138.
  • P
  • Paget, Miss (Vernon Lee), 89–90.
  • Pall Mall Gazette, 118.
  • Pater, Dr. Richard Glode (father), 1;
  • death of, 2.
  • —— Miss (sister), 180.
  • —— Mrs. (mother), 2;
  • death of, 9.
  • —— Walter Horatio, forefathers, 1–2;
  • father, 1;
  • birth, 2;
  • mother, 2, 9;
  • brothers and sisters, 2;
  • family removes to Enfield, 2;
  • visits to Fish Hall, 2;
  • goes to school at Canterbury, 2;
  • religion, 2, 4, 13;
  • religious doubts, 173–4,
  • life, 196–201;
  • love of symbolism, 3, 36, 85, 196;
  • reticence, 3, 185;
  • instinct for expression triumphs over instinct for reticence, 217;
  • desires to take Holy Orders, 3;
  • intellectual awakening, 3;
  • meets Keble, 4;
  • sensitive apprehension of beauty, 4, 6, 12, 14, 215–6;
  • seriousness, 164;
  • Ruskin’s influence, 7;
  • enters Queen’s College, Oxford, 8;
  • course of study, 8–9;
  • takes second-class in Final Classical Schools, 9;
  • vacations spent in Germany, 9;
  • tours in Italy, 9, 32;
  • elected to Fellowship at Brasenose, 9;
  • goes into residence, 9;
  • friends, 9–10, 20–1, 123,
  • their appreciation of, 180–1;
  • his loyalty to, 186, 192;
  • early work destroyed, 10;
  • member of ‘Old Mortality’ Society, 10;
  • ideal of intellectual and moral sincerity, 10–11;
  • interest in philosophy, 11, 14;
  • Influence of Goethe, 11, 14;
  • first published writing, 12;
  • beginning of work, 13;
  • description of college rooms, 17–9;
  • simplicity of tastes, 18, 19, 117, 179;
  • habits, 19–20;
  • as a friend, 19–22, 26;
  • dislike of responsibility, 23;
  • deep sense of, 187;
  • as lecturer, 20, 84;
  • as Tutor and Dean, 20, 23, 25, 59, 84;
  • takes house in Norham Gardens, 21;
  • attitude towards young men, 24–6;
  • compared to Telemachus, 26;
  • self-revelation in writings, 27, 170;
  • essays published in Fortnightly Review, 32;
  • first book produced, 32;
  • criticism of Morris’s “Defence of Guenevere,” 33–5;
  • consistency and individuality, 36;
  • revolt against synthetic school of art-criticism, 37;
  • perception of music, 44;
  • definition of success, 47;
  • art-criticism, 48–9;
  • a great critic, 158;
  • writes for Guardian, 48;
  • criticism of da Vinci, 49;
  • of Botticelli, 50;
  • style parodied, 52–4;
  • misunderstanding with Jowett, 54–5;
  • his view of Jowett, 55–8;
  • reputation as a talker, 59, 188, 193;
  • lectures on Greek Studies, 67,
  • publication of, 67–78;
  • work becomes creative rather than critical, 78;
  • appearance of “The Child in the House,” 79;
  • absorbed in Marius, 82;
  • resigns tutorship, 83;
  • physical appearance, 85, 178, 180;
  • method of criticism, 87–8,
  • of working, 89, 123–4;
  • Marius published, 89,
  • letters to Miss Paget concerning, 89;
  • removes to London, 117;
  • resides at Brasenose during term, 117;
  • appreciation of France, 117–18;
  • most fruitful years, 118;
  • contributes to current journals, 118–19;
  • essay on Sir T. Browne, 119–22;
  • at work on Imaginary Portraits, 122,
  • intends to bring out new volume of, 123;
  • fantastic writing, 126–8,
  • lack of restraint in style of “Denys l’Auxerrois,” 128;
  • melancholy introspectiveness, 138–9;
  • engaged on Gaston de Latour, 140;
  • composition of essay on “Style,” 147;
  • summary of artistic creed, 151;
  • ethical base of temperament, 153,
  • view of end of art, 153,
  • of value of the play, 154;
  • skill in dealing with Shakespeare’s works, 154–5;
  • at work on Plato and Platonism, 156,
  • places this work at the head of his own writings, 162,
  • aim in, 163;
  • lectures on Mérimée, 159;
  • writes introduction to Dante, 159;
  • not a philosopher, 163–5,
  • epigram on, 164;
  • development contrasted with Henry Sidgwick’s, 165;
  • last utterance, 169;
  • deep significance of essay on “Pascal,” 169–72,
  • admiration for, 173;
  • summary of Pensées, 173;
  • settles at St. Giles’, Oxford, 174;
  • later days, 174–5;
  • receives Hon. Degree of LL.D., Glasgow, 175;
  • visits Northern cathedrals, 175;
  • first serious illness, 175;
  • recovery, subsequent relapse, death, 176;
  • buried at Holywell Cemetery, Oxford, 176;
  • portraits of, 178;
  • physical strength varies with inner mood, 179;
  • sensibility, 179;
  • dress, 179–80;
  • shyness, 180;
  • dislike to opposition, 181;
  • lack of appreciation at Oxford, 181–2,
  • personal characteristics at, 183–4;
  • attitude towards the world, 185;
  • uniform kindness, 186;
  • aloofness from current thought, 186;
  • political views, 187;
  • reason for residence at Oxford, 187;
  • sacrifice to art, 188;
  • quality of humour, 188–91;
  • attracted by cats, 190–1;
  • as an examiner, 191–2;
  • anecdotes about, 193–4;
  • irony, 195;
  • views on principles of art, 195–6;
  • admiration for Amiel’s Journal, 199;
  • habits of composition, 201–6;
  • significant writing, 204;
  • principal characteristics of style, 204, 215;
  • typical sentence, 204–5;
  • did not read Stevenson or Kipling, 205–6;
  • always regards nature as a background, 206–7;
  • sensitiveness to adverse criticism, 209;
  • no precocious desire to write, 209–10;
  • abstains from verse composition, 210;
  • late development of style, 210–1;
  • attitude towards art, 212;
  • position in later English literature, 212–15;
  • writing contrasted with Carlyle’s, 213;
  • as a writer akin to Charles Lamb, 213;
  • a dreamer, 217–20.
  • Pater’s friends, 20, 21.
  • Pater, William Thompson (brother), 2.
  • Pattison, Mark (Rector of Lincoln), 21, 37, 190, 192.
  • Pensées (Pascal), 173.
  • “Philosophers, The Three” (“The Chaldean Sages”), (picture), 50.
  • Plato, 165, 167.
  • Plato and Platonism, 20, 54, 58,
  • Jowett’s admiration of, 58;
  • began to appear (1892), 156; 159;
  • eventually published (1893), 162; 163–8.
  • Poe, E. A., criticism of, 23.
  • Purgatory (C. L. Shadwell’s trans. of), 159.
  • Q
  • Queen’s College (Oxford), description of, 8.
  • R
  • Renaissance, Studies in the History of the (with “Preface” and “Conclusion”), 1st ed. (1873), 2nd and 3rd (1877), 32–3; 35, 36
  • “Conclusion,” 45,
  • reason for exclusion from 2nd ed. of Studies, etc., 46, 47–8;
  • principle of selection explained, 37;
  • Lady Dilke’s criticism of, 37–8; 49–51, 52, 59, 162.
  • “Aucassin and Nicolette” (“Two Early French Stories”) (1873), 32–3, 38.
  • “Joachim du Bellay,” 33, 44–5.
  • Leonardo da Vinci, Notes on” (1869), 32, 41, 42–3, 49, 177.
  • “Luca della Robbia,” 33, 39.
  • “Michelangelo, Poetry of,” 32, 39–40.
  • “Pico della Mirandola” (1871), 32, 38–9.
  • “Sandro Botticelli, A Fragment on,” 32, 39.
  • “School of Giorgione, The” (1877), 43–4, 50–1, 66.
  • “Winckelmann” (1866), 27–31, 45.
  • Robert Elsmere (Mrs. H. Ward), 57,
  • review on, 119, 198–9.
  • “Rossetti, Dante Gabriel” (Ward’s English Poets), essay on, 86–7.
  • Ruskin, John, 7, 51, 163, 185, 214–15.
  • S
  • “Shadows of Events” (Gaston de Latour), 140.
  • Shadwell, 2.
  • Shadwell, Dr. Charles Lancelot (Pater’s lifelong friend), 9, 10 n.;
  • as literary executor, 21.
  • “Solomon, The Judgment of” (picture), 51.
  • Stevenson, R. L., 205–6.
  • “Stormy Landscape, The” (“Adrastus and Hypsipyle”) (picture), 50, 51.
  • “Style,” see Appreciations.
  • Swinburne, Mr. A., 21.
  • Symons, Mr. Arthur, 21, 123.
  • T
  • Tailor, The (Moroni’s), 123.
  • Telemachus, 26.
  • U
  • Uthwart, Emerald, see Miscellaneous Studies.
  • V
  • Verrocchio, 49.
  • W
  • Ward, Mr. Humphry, 18,
  • anecdote touching Pater’s lectures, 20;
  • Fellow of Brasenose, 21;
  • description of Pater, 22;
  • as tutor, 25;
  • spends summer vacation with, 26;
  • on Pater as a Fellow, 84, 199.
  • Warren, Mr. T. H., 21, 159, 174–5.
  • Watteau, Anthony, 124–5;
  • Pater’s most ambitious creation, 125, 131.
  • Westminster Review, first published writings in, 12.
  • Winckelmann, Life of (Otto Jahn), 14.
  • “Winckelmann,” Pater’s study on, see Renaissance.
  • “Wordsworth,” Study of, 60–2;
  • review of, 119.