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Article: The princess, persona, and subjective desire: a reading of Oscar Wilde's Salome.(Critical Essay)
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- Papers on Language & Literature
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- January 1, 2004
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Oscar Wilde began to write Salome still enjoying, but being frustrated by, the critical attention given to his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray. The summer of 1890 had been exhausting for Wilde: Dorian Gray had been published in shorter form, and Wilde had written many letters to disgruntled reviewers defending the work, reluctantly pointing out the moral qualities in an art form he had previously claimed was incompatible with moralistic purposes. The newspapers' focus on whether Wilde lauded or deplored Dorian's actions directed public attention away from the novel's critique of image and desire. Dorian Gray actually is highly skeptical about the aestheticism Wilde ...
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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;
September 12, 1997 ;
700+ words
... ... Oscar Wilde story, "The Picture of Dorian Gray," will become the first American premiere ... with the premiere. As it happens, "Dorian Gray" will come amid a citywide cultural ... opera "Ballymore" the week before "Dorian Gray" opens, allowing the two companies ...
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