What was Pater's influence on literature?
Great stylist
Plot innovator
Character developer
Dialogue master
Answer
Great stylist, Walter Pater significantly influenced literature. His emphasis on aestheticism and the importance of "art for art's sake" inspired the Decadent movement and writers such as Oscar Wilde and Aubrey Beardsley. Pater's ornate and evocative prose, characterized by its sensuous imagery and rhythmic cadences, became a model for many later writers.
Probing Pater: Delve into the Mind of the Aesthetic Sage
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