The Relic follows the outrageous antics of Teodorico Raposo in the quest to inherit his aunt’s riches. His mother died shortly after he was born while his father died when Teodorico was seven. He is sent to live with his rigidly pious (yet gullible) aunt, who puts him through school and graduate school. It is […]
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A quick post to introduce the book I’m currently reading: The Relic by Eça de Queirós. Since I enjoyed The Maias so much I wanted to dip into another work of his. Despite having the same title, don’t confuse this with the 1997 horror movie. Here is my post with some online resources on Eça […]
Source for picture A wrap-up post on Walter Pater’s Imaginary Portraits and a couple of “portrait”-like short stories. A few Online resources for Walter Pater Project Gutenberg’s link for Imaginary Portraits All Walter Pater’s works at Project Gutenberg Imaginary Portraits discussion: Chapters 1 – 2 Imaginary Portraits discussion: Chapter 3 Imaginary Portraits discussion: Chapter 4 […]
I enjoyed the four stories that made up Imaginary Portraits so I decided to read a couple of additional “portraits”. “The Child in the House” was published in Macmillan’s Magazine in August 1878. The somewhat autobiographical piece is a look at Florian Deleal’s childhood and what Pater called “the process of our brain-building.” This was […]
“Duke Carl of Rosenmold” Having read this several weeks ago before a vacation break and work overload, I run the risk of leaving out much of what struck me as important or good about this story. While enjoying it, I did feel it was the weakest of the four portraits in the collection. Or at […]
“Sebastian Van Storck” As I read Pater’s Imaginary Portraits and get comfortable with his style and approach, the more I feel like I’m looking at a painting. Everything ties together, although you don’t always realize it at the time…the narrative may not be part of the main subject but it works its way into shaping […]
This post will look at the first two chapters of Imaginary Portraits, a work which can be found here. The use of the word ‘portrait’ in the title of the collection is telling as it feels like Pater creates a written picture, solidifying a relationship between life and art. (The works were individually published in […]