Solipsism and Walter Pater

07Apr08

so, i’ve been reading walter pater.  and i realized (and i kind of remember this vaguely form my education in eng. lit too) that the medieval ages were perhaps pretty solipsistic too.  one could find petrarch something similar to prufrock. but the renaissance as pater seems to be making the case is tried to get [...]

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Walter Pater

01Apr08

I like to read variously. By this I mean that if I am studying one thing, whatever that maybe (organizing in modernity for my dissertation), then I read something completely at variance with this. Thus, Walter Pater on The Renaissance. Also, I’ve liked reading about the Renaissance since my undergraduate years. [...]

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