The picture of Dorian Gray : authoritative texts, backgrounds, reviews and reactions, criticism /
First published in 1890 in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, The Picture of Dorian Gray was released as a revised book in 1891. This Norton Critical Edition includes both the 1890 and 1891 editions. As a work of fiction, the novel is an exploration of artistic hedonism, inspiration and intensity....
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
W.W. Norton & Company,
[2020].
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| Edition: | Third edition. |
| Series: | Norton critical edition.
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| Summary: | First published in 1890 in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, The Picture of Dorian Gray was released as a revised book in 1891. This Norton Critical Edition includes both the 1890 and 1891 editions. As a work of fiction, the novel is an exploration of artistic hedonism, inspiration and intensity. This edition allows readers to compare the two texts of Dorian Gray and better understand the book's contemporary reception, debate and criticism. "Backgrounds" allows readers to consider the correspondence between Oscar Wilde and his critics, and the heated public debate over art and morality that the novel engendered. "Criticism" includes essays on the aesthetics, modernity, characters and subplots within the novel, and demonstrates the changing interpretations of the novel over time. |
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| Physical Description: | xv, 520 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 517-520). |
| ISBN: | 9780393696875 0393696871 9781292297187 1292297182 9781292297194 1292297190 9781292296449 1292296445 |