Swinburne, Pater, and the Cult of Strange Beauty
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21790801 |
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| Authors | Catherine Maxwell (Queen Mary University of London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 2023 |
| Issue | 34 |
| Publication date | 2023-03-30 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | 19 Interdisciplinary Studies in the Long Nineteenth Century (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1755-1560 • E-ISSN: 1755-1560 |
| Publisher | Open Library of the Humanities (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.16995/ntn.8884 |
| OpenAlex | W4297833648 |
| Language | EN |
This article explores how Walter Pater’s conception of ‘strange beauty’ is integral to Victorian decadence and is a legacy from his immediate and most influential precursor, the poet and essayist Algernon Charles Swinburne. After tracing the personal connections of these two writers, the article examines the complex literary intersections of their texts with specific reference to ‘strange beauty’ and concludes with a short summary of its impact on later aesthetic and decadent authors
Aestheticism · Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Beauty · Cult · Decadence · Literature · Theology · Decadence, Literature, and Society · Literature: history, themes, analysis · Modernist Literature and Criticism · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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