This critical study of a key figure in Victorian literary society examines Walter Pater's work on art history, literature and Greek studies, as well as analysing the roles of gender and journalism in shaping his writing.

Dr Laurel Brake is Lecturer in Literature at Birkbeck, University of London. She has written widely on Victorian literature and, in particular, Walter Pater, including Pater in the 1990s (1991) with Ian Small. She is also editor of The Pater Newsletter with Hayden Ward, and was for several years the editor of The Year’s Work in English Studies. She is currently working on a full biography of Walter Pater.

• Publisher: Northcote House
• Publisher Imprint: Northcote
• Publication Date: June 5, 1994
• Pages: 96
• ISBN13: 9780746307168
• Item Weight: 150 grams
• Original Price: 250.0 INR
• Edition: N/A
• Binding: Paperback