7/24/2019 English 19th Century Literature Journal Entry

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19thcentury literature Journal entry

Aesthetic Movement: a literary and artistic movement that fourished in England in

1180 dedicated to Art or arts sae!" #ord $enrys %ers%ective o hedonism

condoms this idea as he &lls 'orians head (ith )infuence" Artists (ould evoe a

sense o sensuous %leasure than evoe moral or sentimental messages" *hedecadents are (idely associated (ith drug usage such as hashish+ o%ium and

a,sinthe all narcotics" *he yello( ,oo %u,lished ,y Asethes and decadents

inter%reted deli,erate+ dangerous assaults on codes o decency+ %erversity+ under

(holesomeness and mor,idity" -scar (ild says lie imitates art+ more than are

imitates lie!+ his reasoning ,eing ho( reality is ,ased on the %erce%tion o the

vie(er" $is ideas o art su%remacy are esta,lished in a series o dialogues+ essays"

*hemes o decadence+ du%licity are all %resented (ithin the novel a %icture o

'orian .ray"