Wilde's Aestheticism, The Picture of Dorian Gray and Salome.
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2015-06-15
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This thesis explores Oscar Wilde’s aesthetic ideas and how they are expressed in The Picture of Dorian Gray and Salome. An analysis will be provided of the critical works of Intentions, The Soul of Man Under Socialism and De Profundis. In order to be able to understand the conflict that is present in Wilde’s critical works between ethics and aestheticism, this thesis will also examine the influence of Walter Pater and John Ruskin on Wilde. The aesthetic principles Wilde outlined will be used to provide an analysis of The Picture of Dorian Gray and Salome. The expectation is that the same conflict between aesthetics and ethics that arises in his critical works will be found in his fictional work as well.
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