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The Picture of Dorian Gray critic's response

Does anyone know any good quotes from critics on The Picture of Dorian Gray? Apparently one needs it to fulfil the criteria of A03 which is: judgement consistently informed by exploration of different readings of the text.

P.S the name of the critic and not just their response would be very helpful!
Original post by ElizabethO
Does anyone know any good quotes from critics on The Picture of Dorian Gray? Apparently one needs it to fulfil the criteria of A03 which is: judgement consistently informed by exploration of different readings of the text.


P.S the name of the critic and not just their response would be very helpful!


The daily Chronicle of London called the tale "unclean, poisonous and heavy with mephitic odours of moral and spiritual putrefaction"

The Saint James gazette deemed "nasty" and "nauseous"

Greg Buzwell states that the idea of a double life essential to the plot of the novel

John Hartigan suggests that "wildes description of London clearly bears an element of social criticism as he speaks of the 'sordid shame of the great city'"

You can also use the film interpretation as a critic

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