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RE: ADSactly Literature: Decadentism and the dandy in modern aesthetics

in #literature5 years ago

When I hear about Dandism, the character that comes into my head is Oscar Wilde. A dandy was a man who considered himself elegant and refined, an educated and cultivated person, just as Wilde is described. . A style that mainly affected language and dress. The idea that the decadent movement, before assuming the term decadent in a negative way, would assume it as a flag, already seems to me an act of rebellion and rupture with certain prototypes. I remember Wilde Requiescat's poem:

Walk lightly, she's close,
Under the snow;
She speaks softly, she can hear the daisies grow.

Excellent work, as always, @josemalavem.

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Yes, Oscar Wilde is one of the most representative dandis of the end of the century; perhaps his assumed homosexuality could highlight the character of Dandism. Although several years earlier, and in his initiating role, Baudelaire stands out; it is said that he dyed his hair green. Thank you for your reading and comment, @nancybriti. Greetings.

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