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The Picture of Dorian Gray: Getting started ...

As you gaze ...

As you look into The Picture of Dorian Gray, what will you find? The novel is a work of beauty and youth, freedom and vanity. Careful readers may see a bit of themselves in Gray's portrait ... 

Library books ...

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The Victorian Age ...

Articles:

  • "Chronology." Europe 1789-1914: Encyclopedia of the Age of Industry and Empire, edited by John Merriman and Jay Winter, vol. 1, Charles Scribner's Sons, 2006, pp. xxxvii-lxxi. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Accessed 7 Apr. 2017.

  • "The post-Romantic and Victorian eras." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 11 Dec. 2015. Accessed 7 Apr. 2017.

  • Gorman, Daniel. "Victorianism." Dictionary of American History, edited by Stanley I. Kutler, 3rd ed., vol. 8, Charles Scribner's Sons, 2003, pp. 325-326. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Accessed 7 Apr. 2017.

  • MacRaild, Donald M. "Victorianism." New Dictionary of the History of Ideas, edited by Maryanne Cline Horowitz, vol. 6, Charles Scribner's Sons, 2005, pp. 2411-2414. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Accessed 6 Apr. 2017.

  • "Victorian morality." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 12 Nov. 2015. Accessed 7 Apr. 2017.

  • "Introduction." Marriage, edited by Alicia Cafferty Lerner, Greenhaven Press, 2009, pp. 16-21. Global Viewpoints. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Accessed 7 Apr. 2017.

  • SALER, MICHAEL. "Decadence." Europe 1789-1914: Encyclopedia of the Age of Industry and Empire, edited by John Merriman and Jay Winter, vol. 2, Charles Scribner's Sons, 2006, pp. 631-633. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Accessed 7 Apr. 2017.

  • "Victorian architecture." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 13 Nov. 2009. Accessed 7 Apr. 2017.

  • Snodgrass, Mary Ellen. "Victorian Styles and Fashions." World Clothing and FashionAn Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Social Influence, Sharpe Reference, 2014, pp. 682-684. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Accessed 7 Apr. 2017.

  • PICK, DANIEL. "Degeneration." Europe 1789-1914: Encyclopedia of the Age of Industry and Empire, edited by John Merriman and Jay Winter, vol. 2, Charles Scribner's Sons, 2006, pp. 636-640. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Accessed 7 Apr. 2017.

  • "Aestheticism." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 10 May. 2007. Accessed 7 Apr. 2017.

  • REARICK, CHARLES. "Fin de Siècle." Europe 1789-1914: Encyclopedia of the Age of Industry and Empire, edited by John Merriman and Jay Winter, vol. 2, Charles Scribner's Sons, 2006, pp. 814-817. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Accessed 7 Apr. 2017.

  • Showalter, Elaine. "Fin de Siècle." Cambridge Guide to Women's Writings in English, edited by Lorna Sage, et al., Cambridge University Press, 1999, pp. 243-244. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Accessed 7 Apr. 2017.

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Wilde & the world around him ...

Articles:

  • Gillespie, Michael Patrick. "Chronology: Oscar Wilde’s Life and Works." The Picture of Dorian Grey"What the World Thinks Me", Twayne Publishers, 1995, pp. xi-xvi. Twayne's Masterwork Studies 145. Twayne's Authors on GVRL. Accessed 20 Mar. 2017.

  • Ericksen, Donald H. "Life and Times." Oscar Wilde, Twayne Publishers, 1977, pp. 13-28. Twayne's English Authors Series 211. Twayne's Authors on GVRL. Accessed 6 Apr. 2017.

  • Gillespie, Michael Patrick. "Historical Context." The Picture of Dorian Grey"What the World Thinks Me", Twayne Publishers, 1995, pp. 3-12. Twayne's Masterwork Studies 145. Twayne's Authors on GVRL. Accessed 20 Mar. 2017.

  • Ericksen, Donald H. "De Profundis." Oscar Wilde, Twayne Publishers, 1977, pp. 153-158. Twayne's English Authors Series 211. Twayne's Authors on GVRL. Accessed 6 Apr. 2017.

Websites:

Overviews & criticisms on TPDG ...

Articles:

  • "The Picture of Dorian Gray." Novels for Students, edited by Ira Mark Milne and Timothy Sisler, vol. 20, Gale, 2005, pp. 146-165. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Accessed 20 Mar. 2017.

  • Schmitt, Jacob, and Oscar Wilde. "Preface to The Picture of Dorian Gray." The Manifesto in Literature, edited by Thomas Riggs, vol. 1: Origins of the Form: Pre-1900, St. James Press, 2013, pp. 82-85. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Accessed 6 Apr. 2017.

  • Gillespie, Michael Patrick. "The Critical Reception." The Picture of Dorian Grey"What the World Thinks Me", Twayne Publishers, 1995, pp. 21-28. Twayne's Masterwork Studies 145. Twayne's Authors on GVRL. Accessed 20 Mar. 2017.

  • Gillespie, Michael Patrick. "Readings and Rereadings." The Picture of Dorian Grey"What the World Thinks Me", Twayne Publishers, 1995, p. [29]. Twayne's Masterwork Studies 145. Twayne's Authors on GVRL. Accessed 20 Mar. 2017.

  • Gillespie, Michael Patrick. "The Importance of the Work in Defining the Context of Ambiguity." The Picture of Dorian Grey"What the World Thinks Me", Twayne Publishers, 1995, pp. 13-20. Twayne's Masterwork Studies 145. Twayne's Authors on GVRL. Accessed 20 Mar. 2017.

Websites:

  • Dorian Gray.” University of Victoria, 2011. Accessed 10 Apr. 2017. 

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