WILDEAN FRAGMENTED PERSONALITY: THE EGO

In the present article we focus on Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, employing in our analysis Freud's theory of personality that brings to the foreground the separation of the psyche into id, ego, and super-ego. The Wildean character we concentrate on is Lord Henry Wotton, t...

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Published in:Studia Universitatis Petru Maior. Philologia 2013-07 (15), p.141
Main Author: Nicolae, Cristina
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Creation myths
Literary criticism
Wilde, Oscar (1854-1900)
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Summary:In the present article we focus on Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, employing in our analysis Freud's theory of personality that brings to the foreground the separation of the psyche into id, ego, and super-ego. The Wildean character we concentrate on is Lord Henry Wotton, the tempter advocating decadent hedonism as the principle of life lived as art.
ISSN:1582-9960
2286-3206