Aestheticism. Origins and Development

Walter Pater and Studies in The History of the Italian Renaissance

• Oscar Wilde
• The Picture of Dorian Gray
• The Preface
• The Preface

Teacher's notes on Aestheticism

Aestheticism

 "To burn always with this hard, gemlike flame,

to maintain this ecstasy, is success in life . . . Not

the fruit of experience, but experience itself, is the

end . . . For art comes to you professing frankly

to give nothing but the highest quality to your

moments as they pass, and simply f

or those moments' sake." (Conclusion to Renaissance)

 Thomas Hardy

•  Jude the   Obscure
• A Short Summary
• Themes in Hardy's Jude
• Watch the videos 1 and 2 and 3
• Read and analyse
• To review T. Hardy's fiction
• Jude the Obscure. Tutorial