Appreciations, with an Essay on Style
Author(s): Walter Pater
Genre(s): Literary Criticism
Narrators: Kasper, Cynthia Moyer, Mike Pelton, Eberle Thomas, Keri Ford, Martin Geeson, Leonard Wilson, Petra
Number of Chapters: 16
Length: 8 hours and 03 minutes
Language: English
Appreciations, with an Essay on Style, is a collection of Walter Pater's previously-published essays on literature. The collection was well received by public and critic since its first edition, in 1889. The volume includes an appraisal of the poems of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, first printed in 1883, a few months after Rossetti's death; an essay on Thomas Browne, whose Baroque style Pater admired; and a discussion of Measure for Measure, one of Pater's most often reprinted pieces. The second edition, published in 1890, had a few modifications, and is the basis for all other editions of the book. (Summary by Leni)