The French Influences on Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray and Salome

The French Influences on Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray and Salome

by Christa Satzinger

315 pages· 1994
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Examines Wilde's lifelong love for France, starting with the French atmosphere that his mother cultivated, his stay in Belgium, his honeymoon in Paris and Dieppe, and his final years in exile there. It examines in detail sources and French models for Dorian Gray (in particular Mademoiselle de Maupin), including Balzac, Huysmans, and Gautier. It also examines the influences of Balzac, Maeterlinck, and Huysmans on Salome.

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