These different ideas of art presented a great impact in the poetical development of Oscar Wilde, who agreed and disagreed with some of them, until his critical artist appears with the creation of his own theory of art. "Some said my life was a lie, but I always knew it to be the truth, for like the truth it was rarely pure and never simple" was a response of Oscar Wilde, before he died, to Jean Dupoirier who questioned him about his life in London [ CITATION Pet97 l 1033 ]. ... This essay's purpose is an interpretation of the philosophy and ideas of Oscar Wilde in The Picture of Dor...

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