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The Nightingale and The Rose;Oscar Wilde (1856-1900);Aestheticism (唯美主义) was a cultural phenomenon, which began to prevail in Europe at the middle of the 19th century, when the theory of “art for art’s sake” was first put forward, declaring that art should serve no religious, moral or social purpose, nor any purpose except itself. Actually it was a kind of escapism in essence. “Art for art’s sake” is only the hopeless answer of the artist to the slogan “art for money’s sake”--- hopeless because ivory never was a good material for fortifications(要塞). Thus, aestheticism was regarded fin-de-siele sentiment(世纪末的感伤);Oscar Wilde’s literary output shows the versatility of his inventive powers as well as the complexity of his social and artistic ideas.;A collection of short stories: Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime and Other Stories 《亚瑟·萨维尔勋爵的罪行和其他故事》 His only novel: The Picture of Dorian Gray 1891 《道林·格雷的画像》 His main dramas: Lady Windermere’s Fan 1893 《温德密尔夫人的扇子》 A Woman of No Importance 1894 《无足轻重的女人》;In May 1895, when Wilde rose to the summit of his fame, he was sentenced to two years’ hard labor on a charge of immoral conduct. After release, he went to France, for he was totally disappointed at the society of the Victorian England. And then died suddenly in 1900.;In some of his fairy tales like The Devoted Friend, The Happy Prince, The Nightingale and The Rose and The Selfish Giant, written in a graceful style, he expressed his sympathy with the sufferings of the poor and contempt for the greed and selfishness of the rich.;Appreciation Time!;Symbolic meanings of “Red rose”, “Lizard” and “Nightingale”:;Red rose --- true love, which needs constant nourishment of passions of the lovers. It can be divided into three stages: love in the heart of a boy and a girl; love in the soul of a man and a maid; and love that is perfected by Death, that does not die in the tomb.;Lizard --- cynic, a person who sees little or no good in anything and who has no belief in human progress;