Oscar Wilde

Le Portrait De Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde

Publisher Marketing: Le Portrait de Dorian Gray (The Picture of Dorian Gray) est un roman d'Oscar Wilde, publie en 1890 (revise en 1891) et ecrit dans le contexte de l'epoque victorienne. L'auteur y inclut des themes relevant de l'esthetique tels que l'art, la beaute, la jeunesse, la morale, l'hedonisme, etc. Le roman est fantastique, mais aussi philosophique, et met en lumiere la personnalite equivoque du dandy irlandais ainsi que le courant decadentiste, ce qui suscite de virulents echanges de lettres entre Wilde et plusieurs journaux tres critiques jugeant l' uvre repugnante 1. C'est egalement l'unique roman de Wilde dans toute sa carriere." Contributor Bio:  Wilde, Oscar Oscar Wilde was a Victorian-era British author and playwright. In his youth, Wilde became attached to the Aesthetic Movement, which emphasized the appreciation of the aesthetic value of cultural creations above social or political purposes, and this philosophy influenced his work throughout his career. The themes of art and beauty are particularly present in his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, , and in his two most popular dramatic works, An Ideal Husband and The Importance of Being Earnest. A quarrel with the Marquess of Queensberry, the father of Wilde's lover, Lord Alfred, resulted in Wilde's arrest and imprisonment for gross indecency. Wilde died in 1900, penniless and in exile, as a result of cerebral meningitis contracted while in prison. Contributor Bio:  Savine, Albert Oscar Wilde, dont le nom complet est Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde, est un ecrivain britannique d'origine irlandaise, ne a Dublin le 16 octobre 1854 et mort a Paris le 30 novembre 1900 a l'age de 46 ans.