Reviews

'Long out of print, Imaginary Portraits has finally found a worthy home in print, thanks to what Pater might have characterized as Østermark-Johansen's 'minute and scrupulous' lapidary care.' -- Kit Andrews, Modern Language Review 111.3, 2016, 861-63.
'It makes the portraits accessible through the lucid, highly original, and perceptive critical introductions and the useful, often necessary annotations. This is an essential text for students of Pater and Aestheticism.' -- David Riede, Pater Newsletter 65, 2014, 92.
'"[Østermark-Johansen] combines an encyclopedic knowledge of Pater's influences and allusions, and an astute understanding of his works and life, with enviable lightness of touch."' -- Kate Hext, Times Literary Supplement 8 August 2014, 11.
'The annotations are perhaps the most significant contribution this collection will make, as Pater's highly allusive prose poses difficulties even to trained scholars - there is nothing close to its combination of comprehensiveness and critical apparatus on the market right now.' -- Matthew Potolsky, Journal of Pre-Raphaelite Studies 24, 2015, 112
'this invaluable edition will hopefully bring some hitherto neglected texts of the Pater canon to a wider readership including undergraduates, especially as it comes for a very reasonable price. A definite "must-buy".' -- Bénédicte Coste, Cahiers victoriens et édouardiens, 82, 2015.
'Lene Østermark-Johansen's magisterial new edition ... offering incisive critical and historical contexts for the individual texts.' -- James Eli Adams, English Literature in Transition 59, 2016, 105-08
'Remarkable value and puts the exorbitant prices charged by some other publishers of textual editions to shame.' -- William Baker, The Year's Work in English Studies 95.1, 2016, 1472