Political Dandyism in Literature and Art : Genealogy of a Paradigm

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Political Dandyism in Literature and Art : Genealogy of a Paradigm

Title remainder

Genealogy of a Paradigm

Statement of responsibility

by Geertjan de Vugt

Creator

• De Vugt, Geertjan

Author

• De Vugt, Geertjan

Subject

• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Electronic books
• European literature
• European literature
• Literature
• Literature
• Literature -- History and criticism
• Comparative literature
• Comparative literature

Genre

• Electronic books
• Criticism, interpretation, etc

Language

eng

Summary

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

Member of

• Palgrave studies in modern European literature

Cataloging source

AU@

Dewey number

809.4

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

LC call number

PN1-6790

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

Palgrave Studies in Modern European Literature