Oscar Wilde's Aestheticism and Russian Formalism

Although Oscar Wilde's aestheticism and Russian Formalism differ widely in stylistic features,the major principle and concrete devices of Russian formalism coincide with those of Wilde's aestheticism.To make comparison and contrast between the two avails ourselves of a new dimension to weight Wilde's aestheticism in contemporary critical theories,for Russian formalism,as one of the two,has been recognized as a profound influence on a variety of later critical theories.