Date of Award
5-7-2020
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
English
First Advisor
Barbara Black
Second Advisor
Tim Wientzen
Abstract
This thesis follows the work of Oscar Wilde, tracking his poetic prose in conjunction with his dissidence against societal expectations in the late Victorian era. Works analyzed include The Picture of Dorian Gray, Salome, The Happy Prince, De Profundis, and others.
Recommended Citation
Sacks, Hannah Rose, "A Ray of Moonlight Falls: Casting Light on Oscar Wilde's Dissident Decadence" (2020). English Honors Theses. 38.
https://creativematter.skidmore.edu/eng_stu_schol/38