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The Coexistence of Art for Art's Sake and Religious Sense and the Conflict between Both of Them in The Picture of Dorian Grey
2016 Volume 13 Issue 1 Pages 49-60
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2016 Volume 13 Issue 1 Pages 49-60
This paper focuses on the aspects of art for art's sake and religious sense through The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890) which was written by Oscar Wilde. The Picture of Dorian Gray is one of the most well-known
works by Wilde and has been regarded as the immoral novel. However his short fictions for children, namely, The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888) and The House of Pomegranates (1891) are filled with his religious sense. I have investigated religious aspects in The Picture of Dorian Gray, and have clarified not only the coexistence of art for art's sake and his religious sense but also the conflict between both of them.
