English Literature / Unit 15 ENL 1433 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Picture of Dorian Gray
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The idea
The Picture of Dorian Gray appeared in a magazine in eighteen ninety and as a novel in eighteen ninety-one. A beautiful young man's portrait ages and records his sins while he stays young. W-7 calls it philosophical fiction and Gothic horror, and the anchor ties it to Aestheticism.
In practice
A portrait ages; the man does not.
Where people slip
The novel tests the aesthetic creed.
Your place on the trail
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Builds on
Unlocks
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