Abstract
As M. Beaumont points out, few books had the importance and effect of Walter Pater’s Studies in the History of the Renaissance, first published in 1873. Its first effect was on Oxford undergraduates, including Wilde, who took it as “the holy writ of beauty,” and quoted its most flaming paragraphs. Another effect was more long-lasting and explains why in 2010 Oxford University Press made the decision of reprinting the 1873 version, among the four versions Pater gave of his epoch-making book (r...
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