The Mind Creative March 2014
This is a story of a handsome young man Dorian Gray whose wish
of remaining eternally youthful while his portrait ages, is granted
and he is able to live a life of “sin, pleasure and depravity”. This
novel is considered to be a classic of English literature, and yet
it came under severe criticism when it was published; having
being chastised by critics for its immorality. In defence of these
criticisms, in his inimitable style, Wilde said “vice and virtue are
to the artist, materials for an art.”
Alfred
Some experts claim that
Wilde’s work prospered on
the realisation that he was
gay
and
that
his
homosexuality was common
knowledge. However his
private life lay in tatters in
the face of anti-homosexual
views within the Victorian
society; and as his stature
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in literature flourished and
while he became the toast of society,
the scandals grew to towering
heights. In fact, it was on the opening
night of his play “Lady Windermere’s
Fan” that he was introduced to a
dashingly handsome, cocky and
intelligent young Oxford graduate by
the name of Lord Alfred Douglas.
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