Garza, Thomas J.2011-02-212011-02-212017-05-112011-02-212011-02-212017-05-112010-12December 2http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2010-12-2171textDespite the fact that there seems to be no direct link between the works of Nikolai Gogol and those of Oscar Wilde, Gogol’s novella, Портрет (The Portrait) and Wilde’s novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, share many elements in common, most notably the device of the predatory portrait. This report explores the parallels that exist between these two texts and argues that they mutually derive from elements found in Goethe’s Faust and the trope of the literary vampire.application/pdfengGogolWildeGoetheVampireLiteratureDorian GrayThe portraitFaustRussian literatureEnglish literatureGerman literatureSupernatural fictionComparative literatureThe doubleNarcissismPredationVictimizationPortraiturePortraiture in literatureAestheticsthesis2011-02-21