Las errancias de Dorian: huellas de «The Wanderings of Oisin» en «The Picture of Dorian Gray»

• María Cristina Guerrero-García ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

     Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

     Madrid, España

     
• Localización: Epos: Revista de filología, ISSN 0213-201X, Nº 41, 2025, págs. 120-138
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.5944/epos.41.2025.46178
• Títulos paralelos:
  • The wanderings of Dorian: Traces of «The Wanderings of Oisin» in The Picture of Dorian Gray
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  • español

    En 1890 Oscar Wilde publicó en Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine su única novela, The Picture of Dorian Gray. Más allá de las connotaciones homoeróticas y políticas subyacentes en el texto, la historia de Oisín, el héroe de la mitología gaélica que envejece y muere al poner un pie en suelo irlandés tras tres siglos en la Tierra de la Juventud, parece una clara fuente de inspiración. Partiendo de la publicación de Irish Fairy Tales (1888) y The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems (1889) de W. B. Yeats, así como de la relación personal entre ambos autores irlandeses, este trabajo explora la influencia del poema «The Wanderings of Oisin» [«Las errancias de Oisin»] sobre The Picture of Dorian Gray [El retrato de Dorian Gray] en tres aspectos: el hedonismo y la atemporalidad, la lucha por el alma y la muerte del protagonista.

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    In 1890 Oscar Wilde published in Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray. Apart from the homoerotic and political aspects present in the text, the myth of Oisin, the Gaelic hero who suddenly grows old and dies as soon as he sets foot on Irish soil after three hundred years in The Land of Youth, seems to be a clear source of inspiration. Drawing on the publication of Irish Fairy Tales (1888) and The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems (1889) by W. B. Yeats, as well as the personal relationship between both writers, this paper explores the influence of the poem «The Wanderings of Oisin» on The Picture of Dorian Gray by analysing three aspects: hedonism and timelessness, the fight for the main characters’ soul, and their death

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