Loss of the Monster: From Horror to Hedonism in "The Picture of Dorian Gray"

Authors

Joy Larissa Scholing

First Advisor

Lisa Starks-Estes, Ph.D. Associate Professor of English Arts and Sciences Department Chair

Second Advisor

Thomas Smith, Ph.D. Associate Professor, College of Arts and Sciences

Third Advisor

Lachlan Whalen, Ph.D. Associate Professor, College of Arts and Sciences

Publisher

University of South Florida St. Petersburg

Document Type

Thesis

Date Available

2012-03-30

Publication Date

2010

Date Issued

2010-05-01

Abstract

"Basil Hallward is what I think I am: Lord Henry what the world thinks me: Dorian is what I'd like to be--in other ages perhaps," Oscar Wilde says of the characters in his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (Letters 352). One cannot determine how flippant or serious he might have been in making that statement, but it nonetheless encapsulates one of the greatest difficulties in studying Wilde: determining where art and biography intersect in his works.

Comments

A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment ofthe requirements of the University Honors Program, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.

Creative Commons License

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Recommended Citation

Scholing, Joy Larissa, "Loss of the Monster: From Horror to Hedonism in "The Picture of Dorian Gray"" (2010). USF St. Petersburg campus Honors Program Theses (Undergraduate).
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/honorstheses/11