Appreciations, with an Essay on Style
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"Appreciations, with an Essay on Style" is a collection of literary criticism by Walter Pater that reflects his influential aesthetic philosophy and refined prose style.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Appreciations, with an Essay on Style canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Appreciations, with an Essay on Style Context triple: [Walter Pater, notableWork, Appreciations, with an Essay on Style]
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A.
The Craft of Criticism
The Craft of Criticism is a collection of literary essays by English critic Desmond MacCarthy, showcasing his influential, lucid, and humane approach to evaluating literature.
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B.
Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres
Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres is an influential 18th-century series of lectures that helped shape the study of rhetoric, style, and literary criticism in English-speaking education.
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C.
Practical Criticism
Practical Criticism is a foundational work of literary theory by I. A. Richards that helped establish close reading and text-centered analysis as core methods in modern criticism.
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D.
The Well Wrought Urn
The Well Wrought Urn is a seminal work of literary criticism by Cleanth Brooks that helped define and popularize the principles of New Criticism through close readings of English poetry.
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E.
Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste
Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste is Pierre Bourdieu’s influential sociological study that analyzes how aesthetic preferences and cultural consumption reinforce social class distinctions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Appreciations, with an Essay on Style Target entity description: "Appreciations, with an Essay on Style" is a collection of literary criticism by Walter Pater that reflects his influential aesthetic philosophy and refined prose style.
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A.
The Craft of Criticism
The Craft of Criticism is a collection of literary essays by English critic Desmond MacCarthy, showcasing his influential, lucid, and humane approach to evaluating literature.
-
B.
Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres
Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres is an influential 18th-century series of lectures that helped shape the study of rhetoric, style, and literary criticism in English-speaking education.
-
C.
Practical Criticism
Practical Criticism is a foundational work of literary theory by I. A. Richards that helped establish close reading and text-centered analysis as core methods in modern criticism.
-
D.
The Well Wrought Urn
The Well Wrought Urn is a seminal work of literary criticism by Cleanth Brooks that helped define and popularize the principles of New Criticism through close readings of English poetry.
-
E.
Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste
Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste is Pierre Bourdieu’s influential sociological study that analyzes how aesthetic preferences and cultural consumption reinforce social class distinctions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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collection of essays ⓘ |
| author | Walter Pater ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1889 ⓘ |
| follows | The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry ⓘ |
| genre |
aesthetic criticism
ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | highly regarded in English literary criticism ⓘ |
| hasPart |
"Love's Labours Lost"
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linked to:
Love's Labour's Lost
Charles Lamb ⓘ Coleridge ⓘ
linked to:
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Dante Gabriel Rossetti ⓘ Essay on Style ⓘ Feuillet's "La Morte" ⓘ Measure for Measure ⓘ Postscript ⓘ Shakespeare's English Kings ⓘ Sir Thomas Browne ⓘ
linked to:
Thomas Browne
Wordsworth ⓘ
linked to:
William Wordsworth
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| influenced |
aesthetic movement
ⓘ
literary modernism ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
critics
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general educated readers ⓘ students of literature ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
art for art's sake
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relationship between style and thought ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
close reading of canonical authors
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formulation of Pater's aesthetic philosophy ⓘ refined prose style ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorWork | Walter Pater's critical writings ⓘ |
| period | Victorian era ⓘ |
| publisher | Macmillan and Co. ⓘ |
| subject |
English literature
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Renaissance literature ⓘ Romantic poetry ⓘ aestheticism ⓘ prose style ⓘ |
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