Open AccessCulture and corruption in The Picture of Dorian Gray
Author(s) -
Paulo Augusto de Melo Wagatsuma
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
em tese
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1982-0739
pISSN - 1415-594X
DOI - 10.17851/1982-0739.17.1.78-93
Subject(s) - decadence , gray (unit) , fin de siecle , politics , language change , psychoanalysis , art history , aesthetics , philosophy , sociology , literature , art , law , political science , psychology , medicine , radiology
This article analyses the supposed moral decadence in Oscar Wilde's novel based on the aesthetic trends of his time as well as his writings on the same topic and politics. It is argued that behind the horror tale of Dorian Gray's life lies a veiled critique to fin-de-siècle Victorian society.