Which works does Walter Pater, in 'Style', name as examples of 'great art'?
- A. The Iliad
- B. The Divine Comedy
- C. Les Misérables
- D. Faust
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Correct answer: C. B and C only
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Great art adds to good form a noble matter, as in 'the Divine Comedy, Paradise Lost, Les Misérables, The English Bible' ('Style', Appreciations, 1889).
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