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1、IntroductionDandyismandOscarWildeWhenthenRnleofOscarWildeismentioned，itimmediatelyremindspeopleofaseriesofmasterpieces，suchaSThePictureofDorianGray,TheImportanceofBeingEarnestandTheHappyPrince．Inaddition，hisnamewillmakepeoplethinkofthevariousliterarylabelsatt
2、achedtothelatenineteenthcentury,amongwhich‘'Aestheticism’’and“decadence”arethetwomostfamiliarones．Wilde’Scloseassociationwiththesetwoliterarymovementsisunparalleledasaftermorethanonehundredyearsnoneoftheotherwritersidentifiedwiththe1890shasalargerreadershipth
3、anhedoes．ItisnotanexaggerationtosaythatwithoutWildetheterm“Aestheticism”wouldhavelostpartofitsmeaning．However,beforeproducingonenovel，onepecticdramaandfourgreatsocialcomediesandthusbecominganeminentwriteroftheAestheticMovement，Wilde，tosomeextent，hadalreadyest
4、ablishedhisfameintheLondonsociety,notbywriting，butbyhispersonalimageasadandy．Infact，likeAestheticism，dandyismalsoplaysacrucialroleinW'tlde’Slireandworks．EarlyinIrisdaysatOxford--whenheWasjustayoungdiscipleofJohnRuskinandWalterPater,hewasalreadyadandyinthecomp
5、letesense．Later,duringhisprimewritingyears，inhisonlynovel，playsandevenfairytaleshecreatedanumberofdandyprotagonists，whoselivesandthatofhisownechoeachother．SinceWildenevertriedtodistinguishthedifferencebetweenartandlife，thedandyelementsflourishedinbothhislifea
6、ndliteraryoutput，whichenlargedtheterritoryofdandyismandendcheditsconnotation．Ontheotherhand，beingadevoteeofdandyism，Wildealsogainedwhathewanted--hedrewmuchpublicattentionandthusacquiredareputation．Nomatterwhetherthereputationwasgoodornot,itcertainlyhelpedtopr
7、omotehisworks．Inmythesis，IattempttoprobeintobothWilde’Slifeandliteraryworksfromthedandyismpointofview,andtoshowthepositiveinteractionbetweenthem+Somebooksconcerningdandyismarecloselyassociatedwithmytopicofdiscussion．ThefirstoneisEllenMoers’TheDandy．Strictlyfo
8、llowingthedevelopmentofdandyisminEnglandandFranceintheentirenineteenthcentury，thisbooknotonlyrecordstherespectivelifeofthosefamouSdandiesfromGeorgeBrummelltoSirMaxBeerbohrn．butalsodepicts
