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Pateresque, a.|ˌpeɪtəˈrɛsk|
[f. the name of Walter Horatio Pater (1839–94), English writer and critic.]
Resembling the style of Pater's writing or his method of criticism. So Paterian |peɪˈtɪərɪən|, a.
1903Beerbohm Around Theatres (1953) 274 One reason why this book is so fresh and welcome is that we see for the first time the Pateresque manner and method of criticism applied to current dramatic art. ‘Pateresque’ is no slight. 1905Westm. Gaz. 24 July 14/1 The definition of the priest's ‘triumph’ as that of ‘achieving as much faith as possible in an age of negation’ recalls a passage from Bishop Blougram, but is truly Pateresque in its expression. 1938L. P. Smith Unforgotten Years viii. 207 The record of an attempt to see things elegantly and nobly in the Paterian spirit. 1939Scrutiny VII. iv. 442 For years he cultivated a Paterian manner in his own writing. 1944W. Stevens Let. 27 Mar. (1967) 463 He considers my poems to be expressions of Paterian hedonism. 1965K. Graham Eng. Crit. of Novel iii. 93 An interesting Pateresque attempt to explain the flaws..in terms of form alone. 1977R. L. Wolff Gains & Losses ii. 188 This Paterian Christianity is astonishingly like Paterian paganism. |