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The Picture of Dorian Gray as an Imitation of Aestheticism
Title: The Picture of Dorian Gray as an Imitation of Aestheticism
Category: Arts & Humanities
Details: Words: 1332 | Pages: 5.7 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Picture of Dorian Gray as an Imitation of Aestheticism
The Picture of Dorian Gray, the only full-length novel ever written by the legendary playwright Oscar Wilde, is one of the most notorious books of the 19th century. With its overtones of supernaturalism, its refusal to satisfy popular morality, and its portrayal of homoerotic culture, The Picture of Dorian Gray was met with harsh criticism when it was first published in 1890. Many considered the novel dangerously influential, with one offended critic calling it "a poisonous …showed first 75 words of 1332 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1332 total…like Dorian Gray, was more of a work of art than an actual person.
Although “it is doubtful that The Picture of Dorian Gray is a ‘great thing’…it has survived the test of time and is a deeper and more thoughtful novel than its critics have so far been willing to concede” (Nasser 107). It achieved however controversially, to portray the true ideals behind the aesthetic movement; that art is necessary and influential in life.
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