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Article: CHARACTER DESIGN IN THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY.(Critical Essay)
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- Studies in the Novel
- Article date:
- September 22, 1999
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Until the 1980s, The Picture of Dorian Gray was generally considered to be a deeply flawed novel. To some critics, it was simply badly written.(1) To others, it was hopelessly confused, reflecting Wilde' s uncertainty and irresolution.(2) To still others, it was negligible or, at best, second-rate because it was merely an expression of the 1890s, in which case it was historically important but otherwise unworthy of critical attention.(3) Within the last two decades, however, many readers have called Dorian Gray a great book.(4) Indeed, its most recent critics have treated the novel as if it were neither the product of Wilde's confusion nor merely a period piece. Its ...
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