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dc.contributor.authorPoorghorban, Younes-
dc.date.accessioned2025-10-27T12:56:04Z-
dc.date.available2025-10-27T12:56:04Z-
dc.date.issued2025-
dc.identifier.citationCrossroads. A Journal of English Studies 50 (3/2025), pp. 84-96pl
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11320/19136-
dc.description.abstractNancy Audrey Spector’s Fifty Shades of Dorian Gray (2012) reworks Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray by eliminating its original focus on homosexuality and aestheticism. Instead, the novel centralises the sexual exploitation of female characters, reflecting the tropes of erotic romance. Women in Spector’s narrative are depicted as passive objects or agents of male sexual desire, perpetuating the Victorian sexual ideology of the ‘angel in the house’ versus the ‘fallen woman’. The portrayal of Sybil Vane exemplifies this regressive stance, reducing her to a disposable figure of entertainment in stark contrast to Wilde’s morally consequential depiction. Rather than subverting Victorian gender politics or offering a meaningful reinterpretation of Wilde’s themes, Spector’s work reinforces patriarchal norms and punishes female sexual agency. Ultimately, the novel emerges as a derivative piece lacking substantive engagement with its literary inspirations.pl
dc.language.isoenpl
dc.publisherThe University of Białystok, The Faculty of Philologypl
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dc.subjectOscar Wildepl
dc.subjectThe Picture of Dorian Graypl
dc.subjectNancy Audrey Spectorpl
dc.subjectneo-Victorian literaturepl
dc.subjectgender politicspl
dc.titleVictorian Echoes in Modern Erotica: The Sexual Politics of Nancy Audrey Spector’s Fifty Shades of Dorian Graypl
dc.typeArticlepl
dc.rights.holderCreative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)pl
dc.identifier.doi10.15290/CR.2025.50.3.06-
dc.description.Emailyounespoorghorban@outlook.compl
dc.description.BiographicalnoteYounes Poorghorban is a PhD candidate at Victoria University of Wellington, specialising in historical adaptations of Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray. His research explores themes of homoeroticism and aestheticism in Wildean adaptations across literature, theatre, and film. His broader interests include Neo-Victorian literature, Gothic studies, Ecocriticism, and the intersections of art and identity in modern and historical contexts.pl
dc.description.AffiliationVictoria University of Wellington, New Zealandpl
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dc.description.firstpage84pl
dc.description.lastpage96pl
dc.identifier.citation2Crossroads. A Journal of English Studiespl
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