Who Is a Dandy + On Dandyism and George Brummell

Walden, George; D'Aurevilly, Jules;

ISBN 10: 1903933188 / ISBN 13: 9781903933183

Editore: Gibson Square Books Ltd, London, 2002

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"On Dandyism and George Brummell" translated bt George Walden. Red/gilt cloth hardback in very slightly soiled and top edge-creased DJ. 180pp. with additional b/w illustrations. A trace of an old pencil price on fep, otherwise the book itself (excepting the DJ) is in pristine condition. Overall VG/Fine. Codice articolo 9453

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Titolo: Who Is a Dandy + On Dandyism and George ...

Casa editrice: Gibson Square Books Ltd, London

Data di pubblicazione: 2002

Legatura: Hard Cover

Condizione: VG/Fine

Condizione sovraccoperta: Good

Edizione: First Edition.

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The concepts masculine and feminine may have undergone steady erosion since the heyday of he-man Tarzan. Yet Tarzan was able to walk around in a mini-skirt and men who have dared to do so after him, or dress with a sense of fashion, continue to attract attention as closet-homosexuals. Abhorring this confusion, George Walden has written a book on dandyism which he argues is a deeply-rooted and a uniquely English phenomenon. Using the celebrated life-portrait of the dying Beau Brummell by Jules Barbey (included at the end of the book), he shows in this text who are today's supreme dandies and who its fops, in a way that is bound to cause controversy.