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The Picture of Dorian Gray
New Edition
Oscar Wilde
Edited by Joseph Bristow
272 pages
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196x129mm
978-0-19-953598-9
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Paperback
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17 April 2008
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- A new edition that draws on the scholarship of the Oxford English Texts edition for both text and editorial apparatus.
- Reproduces the critically established 1891 text from the OET edition.
- Joseph Bristow's introduction draws on the wealth of scholarship of the last 15 years to provide the most up-to-date exploration of the novel's composition, Wilde's revisions for the 1891 edition, critical approaches, and the reputation of the novel since publication.
- Textual notes will show important variants.
- Full explanatory notes identify Wilde's sources.
- Up-to-date bibliography.
New to this edition - The text is derived from the OET edition, which prints a critically established version of the 1891 first book edition.
- New, fuller introduction drawing on the OET edition which considers the important differences between the 1890 and 1891 texts, Wilde's range of sources, significant critical approaches to the novel and its reputation since 1891.
- Textual notes including important variants.
- New explanatory notes.
- New Bibliography.
'The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.'
When Dorian Gray has his portrait painted, he is captivated by his own beauty. Tempted by his world-weary, decadent friend Lord Henry Wotton, he wishes to stay forever young, and pledges his very soul to keep his good looks. Set in fin-de-siécle London, the novel traces a path from the studio of painter Basil Hallward to the opium dens of the East End. As Dorian's slide into crime and cruelty progresses he stays magically youthful, while his beautiful portrait changes, revealing the hideous corruption of moral decay.
Ever since its first publication in 1890 Wilde's only novel has remained
the subject of critical controversy. Acclaimed by some as an instructive moral tale, it has been denounced by others for its implicit immorality. Combining elements of the supernatural, aestheticism, and the Gothic, The Picture of Dorian Gray is an unclassifiable and uniquely unsettling work of fiction.
ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much
more.Readership: Students and readers of classic fiction, nineteenth-century literature, Victorian literature, fin-de-siécle literature, decadence
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Oscar Wilde Edited by Joseph Bristow, Professor of English, UCLA
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"It seemed to be an impossible task to outdo the former edition of 'Dorian Gray' in the World's Classics series, but Bristow has achieved his goal. The quality of the explanatory notes is, simply, superb, and the introduction is succint but informative,"
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