Walter Pater and Persons

Walter Pater and Persons investigates the vital concept of the Person in the work of Walter Pater, a major influence on late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century literature. Stephen Cheeke explores the intersections of the person, persona, and personality in Pater''s work; re-examines arguments about his famously personal prose style; traces Pater''s ambivalent fascination with impersonality an...