How to Be a Complete Dandy: A Little Guide for Rakes, Bucks, Swells, Cads and Wits - Couverture rigide

 
9781853754524: How to Be a Complete Dandy: A Little Guide for Rakes, Bucks, Swells, Cads and Wits
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ISBN 10 : 1853754528 ISBN 13 : 9781853754524
Editeur : Prion Books Ltd, 2001

Synopsis

It's not just about dressing up. From Beau Brummell to Andy Warhol, the dandy is someone who has made his own life, and how he lives it, a work of art. Rebellious in style, cutting wit and decadent antics have always been the dandy's colourful calling cards. Practised by everyone from eccentric lords to street swells, the great dandies rank as some of the most enigmatic, entertaining and quotable personalities in history. This little encyclopedia of quotes and commentaries takes a humorous glance at the whole history of the dandy from ancient Rome and feudal Japan to the Elizabethans with their ruffs, Regency bucks, fin-de-siecle bohemians and the Bright Young Things of the 1920s and 30s. It includes meditations on all the related arts of dandyism and its unique outlook on life including: smoking, drinking, dress and deportment, aspirations, idleness, extravagance, display, decadence, wit, hedonism, narcissism and oh so much more.

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À propos de l?auteur

Stephen Robins recently graduated from Oxford. His first book, The Importance of Being Idle - a little book of lazy inspiration, is also available from Prion.

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Éditeur
Prion Books Ltd
Date d'édition
2001
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1853754528
ISBN 13 
9781853754524
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
256
Éditeur
Robins Stephen
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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