The Dandy
Subtitle: peacock or enigma?
By: Nigel Rodgers
Publisher: Bene Factum Publishing, Limited
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781903071304
Subjects: Dandyism; Dandies; History
Description: An erudite look at the elusive qualities that have made the Dandy so remarkable. Perhaps the best-known is Beau Brummell, acknowledged as the very first Dandy. However, there are many other Dandies from around the world. And the Dandy has not died out, for there are Dandies thriving today.

A look at the phenomenon of the dandy from Regency England to the contemporary Congolese Sapeurs, with stops at Wodehouse, Wilde, Grant, and more. The dandy is not just an elaborately or even well-dressed man, nor is he an exclusively English phenomenon. He is something far more universal and intriguing, and this study explores his cultural significance. It starts with Beau Brummell, acknowledged as the very first dandy, a man whose ancestors had been servants, yet who invented a new paradigm of courtesy, wit, independence, and elegance to lord over.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-250) and index.