Published by Broadview Press, 1998
ISBN 10: 0641935382 ISBN 13: 9780641935381
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condition: Good. Revised ed. In Oscar Wildes famous novel, Dorian Gray is tempted by Henry Wotton to sell his soul in order to hold on to beauty and youth. Dorian succumbs and murders the portrait painter Basil Haliward, who stands between him and his goal. Though in the end vice is punished and virtue rewarded, the novel remains one of the most important expressions of fin de sicle decadence. It is in the preface to the expanded edition of The Picture of Dorian Gray that Wilde coined the most famous expression of his aesthetic: There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well-written or badly-written. That is all.Like other Broadview Editions, this edition includes a wide range of materials from the period that help to set the text in context. In particular, the editor locates the text both in relation to elements in the mainstream culture of the day (such as the aesthetes); and in relation to the gay subculture.
ISBN 10: 0641935382 ISBN 13: 9780641935381
Seller: SecondSale, Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
Condition: Very Good.
ISBN 10: 0641935382 ISBN 13: 9780641935381
Seller: SecondSale, Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.
ISBN 10: 0641935382 ISBN 13: 9780641935381
Seller: SecondSale, Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
Condition: Very Good. Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.