The Figure of the Dandy in Barbey d'Aurevilly's «Le bonhe...
Eisenberg, Davina L.
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 ho...