THE
VICTORIAN PROSE ARCHIVE:
INDEX OF AUTHORS
Rare
Books and Editions of
Scholarly Interest
The
Victorian Prose Archive is a collection of
eight canonical authors of the Victorian era.
Arnold, Matthew (Culture and Anarchy,
On Translating Homer...)
Culture
and Anarchy. (1869) PDF (803k) |
Based on the London: Smith, Elder, 1869 edition.
On
Translating Homer. (1861) PDF (455k) | Based
on the London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts,
1861 edition. (For Francis W. Newman's Reply
to Arnold's criticisms, see the Francis Newman.)
On
Translating Homer: Last Words. (1862)
PDF (289k) | Based
on the London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts,
1862 edition. (Arnold's counter-argument to
Francis W. Newman.)
Carlyle, Thomas (Past and Present)
Past
and Present. (1843)
PDF (961k) | | Based on
the Boston: Little, Brown, 1843 first edition
with foreword by Emerson.
Newman, Francis W. (Homeric Translation
in Theory and Practice)
Homeric
Translation in Theory and Practice. (1861)
PDF (502k.) | . Based on
the London: Williams and Norgate, 1861 edition.
(This volume is a reply to Matthew Arnold's
1861 On Translating Homer; see the
Matthew Arnold Index.)
Newman, J. H. (Cardinal) (Discourses
on ... University Education)
Discourses
on the Scope and Nature of University Education.
(1852) PDF (1.25 meg.) | . Based
on a facsimile of the Dublin: James Duffy,
1852 edition.
Pater, Walter Horatio (Complete Works,
with earlier editions)
"Aesthetic
Poetry" (1889) PDF (189k) | | Based
on the London: Macmillan, 1889 first edition
of Appreciations. The essay was omitted
from the 1890 and subsequent editions.
"Giordano
Bruno" (1889). PDF (246k) | | Based on
the version in The Fortnightly Review.
London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd. Volume
XLVI. New Series, July 1 to December 1, 1889.
(Volume LII., Old Series.) The essay, substantially
revised, was included as Chapter VII of the
unfinished novel Gaston de Latour in
1896, the year after Pater's death.
This
section will eventually contain essays that
Pater published in the Westminster Review
and The Fortnightly, among other journals.
Most of the essays, though not all, appear
later in his books and collected works.
The
Renaissance. (1873)
PDF (625k) | | Based on
the London: Macmillan, 1873 first edition.
The
Renaissance. (1877) PDF (667k) | | Based on the London:
Macmillan, 1877 second edition.
The
Renaissance. (1901) PDF (817k) | | Based on the London:
Macmillan, 1901 sixth edition.
Marius
the Epicurean, I. (1885) PDF (990k) | . | Based on the London:
Macmillan, 1885 edition.
Marius
the Epicurean, II. (1885) PDF (938k) | . | Based on the London:
Macmillan, 1885 edition.
The
Renaissance. (1910) PDF (666k) | . | Based on the London:
Macmillan, 1910 Library edition.
Marius
the Epicurean, I. (1910) PDF (717k) | . | Based on the London:
Macmillan, 1910 Library edition.
Marius
the Epicurean, II. (1910) PDF (666k) | . | Based on the London:
Macmillan, 1910 Library edition..
Appreciations.
(1910) PDF (762k) | . | Based on the London:
Macmillan, 1910 Library edition.
Wilde, Oscar. (Dorian Gray, Intentions
in early versions)
The
Picture of Dorian Gray. (1890) PDF (400k) | . | Based on the 1890 thirteen-chapter
Lippincott's Magazine edition.
"The
Decay of Lying: A Dialogue." (1889)
PDF (99k) | . | Based on the first version
of January 1889, in The Nineteenth Century.
A revised version was published in Intentions,
May 1891.
"Pen,
Pencil, and Poison." (1889) PDF (85k) | . | Based on the first version
of August 1889, in Fortnightly Review.
A revised version was published in Intentions,
May 1891.
"Shakespeare
and Stage Costume." (1885) PDF (91k) | . Based on the first version
of May 1885, in The Nineteenth Century.
A revised version was published as "The
Truth of Masks" in Intentions, May
1891.
"The
True Function of Criticism." (1890)
PDF (312k) | . Based on the two-installment
first version of July and September 1890,
in The Nineteenth Century. A revised
version was published in Intentions, May
1891.
