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The Relationship between the Artist and his Creation in Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray" (1891)

Name: The Relationship between the Artist and his Creation in Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray" (1891)
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Author: Christina Haupt
ISBN: 978-3-668-48008-7

Essay, 2015

7 Pages, Grade: 1,70

Christina Haupt (Author)

Abstract or Introduction

This essay examines the artist's attitude towards his model and present two characters who can be called artists. Furthermore, the most important transitions between art and life will be presented. In a last point, there is a comparison of the artist as he is presented in the novel with Walter Pater's description of Leonardo da Vinci.

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Title: The Relationship between the Artist and his Creation in Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray" (1891)
College: University of Passau
Grade: 1,70
Author: Christina Haupt (Author)
Year: 2015
Pages: 7
Catalog Number: V369412
ISBN (eBook): 9783668480070
ISBN (Book): 9783668480087
File size: 418 KB
Language: English
Keywords: Oscar Wilde, Dorian Gray, Creator and subject, fin de siecle, gothic fiction, aestheticism, decadence, doppelgaenger, the picture of dorian gray

Quote paper: Christina Haupt (Author), 2015, The Relationship between the Artist and his Creation in Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray" (1891), Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/369412

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