The book beautiful : Walter Pater and the House of Macmillan

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The book beautiful : Walter Pater and the House of Macmillan

edited by Robert M. Seiler

Athlone Press, 1999

  • : cloth

Available at  / 10 libraries

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Bibliography: p. 185-194

Includes index

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Description

The letters collected here comprise an important chapter in the life of Walter Pater's literary career. They record in detail the relationship between this Victorian man of letters and his publisher, Macmillan and Co. Specifically, they illustrate how such discussions affected the form as well as the content of his books. The book provides a illustration and analysis of the crucial influence of the author-publisher relationship to literature.

Table of Contents

  • Beginnings
  • Daniel and Alexander
  • Victorian bookmaking
  • the house of Macmillan
  • Peter's literary career. The letters.

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