The Picture of Dorian Gray

Zusatztext It seemed to be an impossible task to outdo the former edition of 'Dorian Gray' in the World's Classics series! but Bristow has achieved his goal. The quality of the explanatory notes is! simply! superb! and the introduction is succint but informative! Informationen zum Autor Joseph Bristow is editor of the Oxford English Texts edition of The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Cambridge Companion to Victorian Poetry and Olive Schreiner's African Farm for OWC. He is the author of The Fin-de-Siécle Poem: English Culture and the 1890s (Ohio UP, 2005). Klappentext Dorian Gray gives his soul for eternal youth. While his portrait changes hideously, reflecting his crimes and corruption, he remains outwardly flawless. This new edition uses the 1891 expanded text and shows how Wilde transformed his many sources. Zusammenfassung Dorian Gray gives his soul for eternal youth. While his portrait changes hideously, reflecting his crimes and corruption, he remains outwardly flawless. This new edition uses the 1891 expanded text and shows how Wilde transformed his many sources.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Oscar Wilde
• Con la collaborazione di: Josep Bristow (Editore), Joseph Bristow (Editore), Bristow Joseph (Editore)
• Editore: Oxford University Press Trade
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 04.04.2008
• EAN: 9780199535989
• ISBN: 978-0-19-953598-9
• Dimensioni: 127 mm x 194 mm x 12 mm
• Serie: World's classics; Oxford World's Classics; World's classics; WORLD'S CLASSIC; Oxford World's Classics; WORLD'S CLASSIC; WORLD'S CLASSIC; World's classics; WORLD'S CLASSIC
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; Narrativa > Romanzi > Capolavori fino al 1945; FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Classic fiction: general and literary, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form