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On Dandyism and George Brummell (French: Du dandysme et de George Brummell, 1845), by Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, is a biographic essay about the British dandy Beau Brummell (1778–1840) and about the way of life that is dandyism. In English, the essay "Du dandysme et de George Brummell" has been published under the titles "Of Dandyism and of George Brummell" and "The Anatomy of Dandyism".

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On Dandyism and George Brummell

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titles "Of Dandyism and of George Brummell" and "The Anatomy of Dandyism". Barbey d'Aurevilly had no intention to write an exhaustive biography on Brummel—such...

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Beau Brummell

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George Bryan "Beau" Brummell (7 June 1778 – 30 March 1840) was an important figure in Regency England, and for many years he was the arbiter of British...

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Dandy

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investigated the sociology of the dandies (flâneurs) who strolled Parisian boulevards; in the essay "On Dandyism and George Brummell" (1845) Jules Amédée Barbey...

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George Walden

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2000. ISBN 0713993170 Who's a Dandy?: Dandyism and Beau Brummell (including a translation of Du Dandysme et de Georges Brummel by Jules Barbey), London:...

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George IV

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During this period George took an active interest in matters of style and taste, and his associates such as the dandy Beau Brummell and the architect John...

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Simon Liberati

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2008, he wrote the preface to On Dandyism and George Brummell by Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, published by éditions de Paris and took part to the collection...

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1845 in literature

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Barbey d'Aurevilly – On Dandyism and George Brummell (Du dandyism et de George Brummell) Thomas Carlyle – Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches Frederick...

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The Luck of Barry Lyndon

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end of Barry in prison and the miserable exile of the famous "Beau" Brummell (1778-1840) in France, who fled from his debts and whose career has been in...

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Cork Street

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Beau Brummell (1778–1840), who introduced the flamboyant form of gentleman's fashion that became known as dandyism, patronised Schweitzer and Davidson...

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Lawrence Durrell

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Corfu, revised edition, 2005. Pine, Richard. The Dandy and the Herald: Manners, Mind and Morals From Brummell to Durrell. New York: St. Martin's P, 1988. Raper...

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White tie

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Although Brummell felt black an ugly colour for evening dress coats, it was adopted by other dandies, like Charles Baudelaire, and black and white had...

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Fop

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George Farquhar, The Beau Defeated (1700) by Mary Pix, or the real-life Beau Nash, master of ceremonies at Bath, or Regency celebrity Beau Brummell....

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Edward Hughes Ball Hughes

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The beaux and the dandies: Nash, Brummell, and D'Orsay with their courts, Clare Armstrong Bridgman Jerrold, New York, 1910, p. 383 Notes and Queries, Vol...

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Scrope Berdmore Davies

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bills for Davies are evidence for the priorities of "dandy" dressing for followers of Brummell. This was in an understated style, which can be traced...

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Regency architecture

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furniture and vertically striped wallpaper, and to styles of clothing; for men, as typified by the dandy Beau Brummell and for women the Empire silhouette. The...

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