Thursday, April 13, 2006

Saint Oscar (cont'd) ...

Kevin at Collected Miscellany discusses The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. I myself would not call it a conservative book, but rather a moral book. And the morality is distinctly Catholic. Again, the book to read in this regard is Ellis Hanson's Decadence and Catholicism.
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  1. Frank9:35 PM

    I found myself with a similar reaction to The Picture of Dorian Gray. I was quite shocked by it, actually, since it seemed to attack the very sort of lifestyle Wilde led/advocated, long before his disgrace and downfall might have logically induced this sort of reaction in him. Fascinating.

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