The figure of the Dandy in Barbey d'Aurevilly's "Le bonheur dans le crime":

This study examines the figure of the dandy in Barbey d'Aurevilly's short-story, "Le bonheur dans le crime", one of 6 Diaboliques (1874), in an attempt to bridge a gap in aurevillian criticism. This short story is a piece of dandy-writing, in that it takes up several significant...

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Main Author: Eisenberg, Davina L. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
French
Published: New York [u.a.] Peter Lang [1996]
Series:Sexuality and literature 4
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Summary:This study examines the figure of the dandy in Barbey d'Aurevilly's short-story, "Le bonheur dans le crime", one of 6 Diaboliques (1874), in an attempt to bridge a gap in aurevillian criticism. This short story is a piece of dandy-writing, in that it takes up several significant issues Barbey had raised in his essay on dandyism of 1845, "Du Dandysme et de George Brummell": dress, sexuality and the notion of the mask
The author demonstrates how these features are not only apparent in the representation of the protagonists, but are present in the story's themes and narrative processes as well
Physical Description:x, 144 Seiten
ISBN:0820425508

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