Political Dandyism in Literature and Art : Genealogy of a Paradigm Hardback
by Geertjan de Vugt
Part of the Palgrave Studies in Modern European Literature series
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This book traces a genealogy of political dandyism in literature.
Dandies abstain from worldly affairs, and politics in particular.
As an enigmatic figure, or a being of great eccentricity, it was the dandy that haunted the literary and cultural imagination of the nineteenth century.
In fact, the dandy is often seen as a quintessential nineteenth-century figure.
It was surprising, then, when at the beginning of the twenty-first century this figure returned from the past to an unexpected place: the very heart of European politics.
Various so-called populist leaders were seen as political dandies.
But how could that figure that was once known for its aversion towards politics all of a sudden become the protagonist of a new political paradigm? Or was the dandy perhaps always already part of a political imagination?
This study charts the emergence of this political paradigm.
From the dandy’s first appearance to his latest resurrection, from Charles Baudelaire to Jean-François Lyotard, from dandy-insects to a dandy-Christ, this book follows his various guises and disguises.
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- Pages:243 pages, 2 Illustrations, black and white; XI, 243 p. 2 illus.
- Publisher:Springer International Publishing AG
- Publication Date:22/06/2018
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- ISBN:9783319908953
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:243 pages, 2 Illustrations, black and white; XI, 243 p. 2 illus.
- Publisher:Springer International Publishing AG
- Publication Date:22/06/2018
- Category:
- ISBN:9783319908953
