The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde [1890]
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde (1890)
PT: O Retrato de Dorian Gray
O Retrato de Dorian Gray (no original em inglês, The Picture of Dorian Gray) é um romance publicado por Oscar Wilde, considerado um dos grandes escritores irlandeses do século XIX. Foi publicado inicialmente como a história principal da Lippincott's Monthly Magazine em 20 de junho de 1890 . Wilde depois reviu, alterou e ampliou essa edição, que foi publicada como a versão mais tarde por Ward, Lock e Company em abril de 1891. Este "Retrato de Dorian Gray" é curioso. Um jovem que se envaidece de si mesmo, que se torna amante de si mesmo e da arte abstrata e pura, e que em seu nome de inanidades sociais, insensibiliza, diagnóstica e se auto-desculpa. Não há redenção naquele jovem, mesmo quando acaba por querer mudar de vida, já que o faz pelo fato novidade, pelo amor ao novo, à arte de viver... Cheia de ilustrações que ele já quase tinha esgotado numa vida sensaborona e sem interesse humano do que a vilanização do ser... Esta obra tornou-se um símbolo da juventude intelectual "decadente" da época e de suas críticas à cultura vitoriana, além de ter despertado grande polêmica em relação ao seu conteúdo homoerótico. O próprio Oscar Wilde foi apontado como o pai do decadentismo na Inglaterra, coisa que ele sempre negou. Aquando do julgamento de Wilde algumas partes deste livro foram usadas contra si.
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (Dublin, 16 de outubro de 1854 — Paris, 30 de novembro de 1900) foi um escritor irlandês . Wilde foi criado numa família protestante (convertendo-se à Igreja Católica depois), estudou na Portora Royal School de Enniskillen e no Trinity College de Dublin, onde sobressaiu como latinista e helenista. Em 1892, começa uma série de bem sucedidas histórias, hoje clássicos da dramaturgia britânica: O leque de Lady Windermere (1892), Uma Mulher sem Importância (1893), Um Marido Ideal e A importância de ser Prudente (ambas de 1895). Nesta última, o ar cômico começa pelo título ambíguo: Earnest, "fervoroso" em inglês, tem o mesmo som de Ernest, nome próprio
Publica contos como O Príncipe Feliz e O Rouxinol e a Rosa, que escrevera para os seus filhos, e O crime de Lord Artur Saville.
O seu único romance foi O Retrato de Dorian Gray. Em Maio de 1895, após três julgamentos, foi condenado a dois anos de prisão, com trabalhos forçados, por "cometer atos imorais com diversos rapazes". Após a condenação a vida mudou radicalmente e o talentoso escritor viu, no cárcere, serem consumidas a saúde e a reputação. No presídio, o autor de Salomé (1893) produziu, entre outros escritos, De Profundis, o clássico anarquista, A Alma do Homem sob o Socialismo e a célebre Balada do Cárcere de Reading''.
Fonte: wikipedia
A Cache
Esta cache faz parte de um conjunto de caches na zona do Cabo da Roca dedicadas a grandes livros que nos influenciaram de algum modo.
A cache inicialmente continha:
- logbook
- lápis
- marcador de livro
- conchas
- mola pequena
- elástico de cabelo
Pede-se que evitem pisar a vegetação nativa (exclui o chorão que é uma espécie invasora) e se mantenham nos trilhos. Por favor mantenham esta cache bem presa no mesmo local pois é muito ventoso.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde (1890)
The Picture of Dorian Gray, sometimes referred to as The Portrait of Dorian Gray, is the only published novel by Oscar Wilde, appearing as the lead story in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine on 20 June 1890, printed as the July 1890 issue of this magazine. Wilde later revised this edition, making several alterations, and adding new chapters; the amended version was published by Ward, Lock and Company in April 1891.
The novel tells of a young man named Dorian Gray, the subject of a painting by artist Basil Hallward. Basil is impressed by Dorian's beauty and becomes infatuated with him, believing his beauty is responsible for a new mode in his art. Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton, a friend of Basil's, and becomes enthralled by Lord Henry's world view. Espousing a new hedonism, Lord Henry suggests the only things worth pursuing in life are beauty and fulfillment of the senses. Realizing that one day his beauty will fade, Dorian (whimsically) expresses a desire to sell his soul to ensure the portrait Basil has painted would age rather than he. Dorian's wish is fulfilled, plunging him into debauched acts. The portrait serves as a reminder of the effect each act has upon his soul, with each sin displayed as a disfigurement of his form, or through a sign of aging.
The Picture of Dorian Gray is considered a work of classic gothic fiction with a strong Faustian theme.
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Today he is remembered for his epigrams, plays and the circumstances of his imprisonment, followed by his early death.
Wilde's parents were successful Dublin intellectuals. Their son became fluent in French and German early in life. At university Wilde read Greats; he proved himself to be an outstanding classicist, first at Dublin, then at Oxford. He became known for his involvement in the rising philosophy of aestheticism, led by two of his tutors, Walter Pater and John Ruskin. After university, Wilde moved to London into fashionable cultural and social circles. As a spokesman for aestheticism, he tried his hand at various literary activities: he published a book of poems, lectured in the United States of America and Canada on the new "English Renaissance in Art", and then returned to London where he worked prolifically as a journalist. Known for his biting wit, flamboyant dress, and glittering conversation, Wilde had become one of the most well-known personalities of his day.
At the turn of the 1890s, he refined his ideas about the supremacy of art in a series of dialogues and essays, and incorporated themes of decadence, duplicity, and beauty into his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890). The opportunity to construct aesthetic details precisely, and combine them with larger social themes, drew Wilde to write drama. He wrote Salome (1891) in French in Paris but it was refused a licence. Unperturbed, Wilde produced four society comedies in the early 1890s, which made him one of the most successful playwrights of late Victorian London.
At the height of his fame and success, while his masterpiece, The Importance of Being Earnest (1895), was still on stage in London, Wilde had the Marquess of Queensberry, the father of his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, prosecuted for libel, a charge carrying a penalty of up to two years in prison. (Libel Act of 1843) The trial unearthed evidence that caused Wilde to drop his charges and led to his own arrest and trial for gross indecency with other men. After two more trials he was convicted and imprisoned for two years' hard labour. In prison he wrote De Profundis (written in 1897 & published in 1905), a long letter which discusses his spiritual journey through his trials, forming a dark counterpoint to his earlier philosophy of pleasure. Upon his release he left immediately for France, never to return to Ireland or Britain. There he wrote his last work, The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1898), a long poem commemorating the harsh rhythms of prison life. He died destitute in Paris at the age of forty-six.
Source: wikipedia
The Cache
This cache is part of a set of caches in the Cabo da Roca area dedicated to some books that influenced us somehow.
The initial content of the cache consisted of:
- logbook
- pencil
- bookmark
- shells
- little clothes pin
- hair elastics
You should always walk on the trails and avoid stepping in the native vegetation. Please keep the container well stuck in place which is very windy.
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CG: cerfn cryb gebapb ab craúygvzb mvzoeb à rfdhreqn
RA: ba gur crahygvzngr whavcre ng yrsg