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Dandyism - by Jules Barbey D'Aurevilly (Paperback)

Dandyism - by  Jules Barbey D'Aurevilly (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>This study looks behind the mask of English society in the Regency period to show how life can be lived as ironic performance. The implication for today's obsession with fashion and personality makes this book on dandyism--the cult of the self--marvelously timely.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>This dazzling portrait of Beau Brommell as dandy extraordinaire has been a classic in the literature of the modernsit self for more than a century.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><P>"The pivotal work upon which the history of the dandy tradition turns." -- Ellen Moers, The Dandy: Brummell to Beerbohm<br><br>"The pivotal work upon which the history of the dandy tradition turns." -- Ellen Moers, The Dandy: Brummell to Beerbohm<br>

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