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The Picture of Dorian Gray, uncensored music

More of a classic has been censored pen (there are even cases very interesting, but not censure, if edition offering more insight interesting Raymond Carver). But back to topic of this post: The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde.

In 1890, the editor of Oscar Wilde passages deleted or altered, in his view, were too "strong" (both gay and straight talking), is written in Alltop .

And for example, rather than read: "It is true that I have loved you more than a romance or feeling that a man must give to a friend" to now read: "From the moment I met you Your personality exerted an extraordinary influence on me. "

For now, just published out the original version of this text. Critics debate whether this version is better than it was known, but the valid question is why the censored version is considered better on the author ever intended. Brooke Allen wrote an essay at the site of Barnes and Nobel which offers an interesting overview of the historical circumstances in which the edits were made (it's good to clarify that there are two publications of the work, 1890 and 1891).

Here are some excerpts from the text of Allen:
"More than a century after its publication, the novel by Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray is recognized as a classic of English literature, a masterpiece aesthetics of fin-de-siècle and in many ways a precursor of the modernist movement . Her iconic status today could not be foreseen in 1890, when the story first appeared simultaneously in Britain and the United States, in the pages of the magazine Lippincott. The London Daily Chronicle expressed outrage at its publication: clogging and dirt are the main features in this month Lippincott: The element that is impure, but undeniably fun, was provided by Oscar Wilde is the story of the portrait of Dorian Lord Gray. It is a tale spawned from the leprous literature of the decadent French poisonous book, with an atmosphere full of smells mephitic of moral and spiritual putrefaction ... "

" Unclean "," corruption "," leprosy "," putrefaction "and" French decline "were, of course, all coded words to say "homosexuality"-a word not in English enter up to two years later, and a concept that could not be discussed openly in a while, or mentioned in conversations. When Dorian Gray was revised for publication in book form, much of the material considered "impure" retired. In fact, already had made substantial cuts in the version that appeared in the journal . "

"Oddly, the book also achieved cult status ..."

Full Text Allen (in English).