Platonism of Walter Pater

As a teacher of Plato in Oxford''s Literae Humaniores, Walter Pater was informed by philosophy from his earliest essays to his last book. The Platonism of Walter Pater examines Pater''s deep engagement with Platonism throughout his career. It overturns his reputation as a superficial aesthete known mainly for his ''Conclusion'' to The Renaissance to reposition his contribution to literature and th...