Adorno on Oscar Wilde?

[balexand]

I don't have the new translation to hand, but perhaps this quote from the old 
will serve.

“…the crude mass of precious materials piled up in Dorian Gray where the 
interior decorations of Wilde’s super-chic aestheticism resemble nothing so 
much as antique stories, auction rooms, and the whole sphere of commerce Wilde 
pretends to hate” (Adorno, Theodor.  Aesthetic Theory.  Trans. C. Lenhardt.  
Ed. Cretel Adorno and Rold Tiedemann.  London: Routledge, 1984.  Original 
publication: 1970.  23)

>===== Original Message From Andrew Perrin <andrew_perrin@unc.edu> =====
>This is likely not the only mention, but Adorno mentions
>(disdainfully) Wilde's work a few times in _Aesthetic Theory_
>(trans. Hullot-Kentor, Minnesota, 1997). From memory, Wilde is considered
>as one of several kitschy, commercially-organized works of
>literature. Again from memory, I think _Dorian Gray_ is singled out for
>specific criticism.
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>ap
>
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>Andrew J Perrin - andrew_perrin@unc.edu - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin
> Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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>
>On Thu, 10 Jan 2002, Christian Thorne wrote:
>
>> Dear All,
>>
>>     A colleague recently asked me where he could find Adorno's
>> discussion of Oscar Wilde, to which I replied: "Adorno has a discussion
>> of Oscar Wilde?!" Any help?
>>
>>     Yours,
>>
>>     Christian Thorne
>>

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