Abstract and Key Words

Abstract: The purpose of this paper aims to confirm the aestheticism in De Profundis of Oscar Wilde, and present the beauty of sadness in the epistle by anglicizing his hard life in prison. Wilde reveals his spiritual development in prison and shows his sublimation with Christianity. This paper also expands the field of beauty and the range of art by longing for beauty with aestheticism and improves the artistic ability of expression, resulting in a broader road of art.

Key words: Oscar Wilde；aestheticism；De Profundis；the beauty of sadness；self-sublimation
                                     
摘要：本文通过分析王尔德在狱中艰苦生活中展现出的悲哀的美来呈现《自深深处》中的唯美主义思想，在狱中王尔德灵魂的不断洗涤以及其基督教义的自我升华表现得淋漓尽致。本文在了解唯美主义对美探求的同时,拓展了美的领域和艺术表现的范围，提高了艺术表现的能力，开辟了一条更宽广的艺术之路。

关键词：奥斯卡•王尔德；唯美主义；《自深深处》；悲哀的美；自我升华

1. Introduction
1.1    Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde, the celebrated Irish-born playwright, and poet, enjoyed equal popularity with George Bernard Shaw in 19th century. He was the chief proponent of the aesthetic movement, based on the principle of “Art for Art’s Sake”. Oscar Wilde was born in Dublin to unconventional parents. His mother was a poet and journalist. Wilde's father was Sir William Wilde, an Irish antiquarian, gifted writer, and specialist in diseases of the eye and ear. Wilde studied at Portora Royal School, Trinity College, and Magdalen College. Already at the age of 13, Wilde's tastes in clothes were dandy's. "The flannel shirts you sent in the hamper are both Willie's, mine are one quite scarlet and the other lilac but it is too hot to wear them yet," he wrote in a letter to his mother. His tastes laid the foundation of his own aestheticism in the future days.
In 1892 Wilde began an intimate friendship with Lord Alfred Douglas. As the two grew closer, family and friends urged Wilde and Douglas to lessen their contact. Douglas’s father, the Marquess of Queensberry often intervened in their friendship. Wilde sued Queensberry for criminal libel because of his endless insults. However Wilde was sentenced to jail. He was imprisoned in Pentonville, Wandsworth and Reading Prisons, and the poor food, manual labor and harsh conditions greatly weakened his health. He quickly began suffering from hunger disease.