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LIT AF Season 5 Episode 2/ All Art Is Useless: Oscar Wilde's Preface to The Picture of Dorian Gray

January 09, 2024 David Preston
LIT AF Season 5 Episode 2/ All Art Is Useless: Oscar Wilde's Preface to The Picture of Dorian Gray
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LIT AF Season 5 Episode 2/ All Art Is Useless: Oscar Wilde's Preface to The Picture of Dorian Gray
Jan 09, 2024
David Preston

Oscar ends the preface by writing, "All art is useless." Really? Was he being coy in response to his critics? Was he being defiant in putting sex and homoeroticism front and center in Victorian England? Or was he daring us to argue the point? Whether you're a realist or a romantic, there's something for you on this episode of LIT AF.

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Oscar ends the preface by writing, "All art is useless." Really? Was he being coy in response to his critics? Was he being defiant in putting sex and homoeroticism front and center in Victorian England? Or was he daring us to argue the point? Whether you're a realist or a romantic, there's something for you on this episode of LIT AF.