Political Dandyism in Literature and Art
Genealogy of a Paradigm
Palgrave Macmillan · Print & ebook · December 20, 2018
This book traces a genealogy of political dandyism in literature.
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- Who it’s for
- A literary genealogy follows the dandy from nineteenth-century culture into contemporary European politics.
- Genres
- Politics in Literature, 19th-Century Literary Criticism, French Literary Criticism
- Published
- Palgrave Macmillan, December 20, 2018
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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.
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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.
Dandyism’s Political Genealogy
A literary genealogy follows the dandy from nineteenth-century culture into contemporary European politics.
Come here for
- A genealogy of political dandyism in literature
- From Charles Baudelaire to Jean-François Lyotard
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- The dandy’s shifting guises and disguises
- Dandy-insects and a dandy-Christ
Where it sits
| Politics in Literature | 63% |
|---|---|
| 19th-Century Literary Criticism | 58% |
| French Literary Criticism | 26% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Creative Writing
- Authors
- Geertjan de Vugt
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Published
- December 20, 2018
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Creative Writing