The Dandy at Dusk: Taste and Melancholy in the Twentieth Century by Philip Mann

The Dandy at Dusk: Taste and Melancholy in the Twentieth Century

Philip Mann

384 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction biography challenging informative lighthearted slow-paced
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This volume presents dandyism—the embodiment of aesthetic and intellectual ideals—from its origins with Beau Brummell to its major twentieth-century representatives. Author Philip Mann dispels the myth that dandyism centers upon vanity through po...

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