The Gothic genre, classical allusion and other influences in Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray
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1 janvier 2021
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The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde the Gothic genre the Victorian age classical allusion Freud the double monster theory Joris-Karl Huysmans Rodolphe BresdinSujets proches
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David E. Robinson, « The Gothic genre, classical allusion and other influences in Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray », Literator (Potchefstroom. Online), ID : 10670/1.r6cvie
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This article will outline the aspects of influence and allusion in the novel, with reference to Victorian Gothic, classical mythology, the psychological double, monster theory, the Faustian bargain, the mask and a prominent memento mori in Huysmans' A Rebours, his description of Rodolphe Bresdin's lithograph, 'The Comedy of Death'. Wilde's novel is a complex, multi-layered text, and a richer, more profound understanding of it becomes possible when it is situated within this context of influence and allusion.