Marius the Epicurean : his sensations and ideas / by Walter Pater
by Pater, Walter (1839-1894)
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About This Item
London: Macmillan, 1924. 3rd edition. Hardcover. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Includes previous owner's inscription and notes. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: viii, 351 pages; 19 cm. Subjects: Marcus Aurelius Emperor of Rome 121-180; Fiction. Marius the Epicurean. Christianity and other religions Roman; Fiction. Young men; Fiction. English fiction. Rome; Fiction. Genre: Bildungsromans. Christian fiction. Fiction.
Synopsis
Marius the Epicurean is a philosophical novel by Walter Pater (published 1885), set in the Rome of the Antonines. It elaborates Pater's ideal of the aesthetic life, his cult of beauty tempered by asceticism, and his theory of the stimulating effect of the pursuit of beauty as an ideal in itself.
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- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 311318
- Title
- Marius the Epicurean : his sensations and ideas / by Walter Pater
- Author
- Pater, Walter (1839-1894)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 3rd edition
- Publisher
- London: Macmillan
- Date Published
- 1924
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