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Literary Dandyism

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Parent Issue
Day
12
Month
November
Year
1880
Copyright
Public Domain
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Ayoungniaii Isnever move ocrtain of social 8UCÓCS8 tlian tlie moment when mast otlier yotuig men liever mention liim without wiying tllftt they '"WOtlld lrko to kicli liim." As Thackcniy ohservecl in lls eme of Pendcunis, that ilesire is tliê reetiltof envyrftuU ot't'onsciuua UiiiiiüiBtioii awakoned on mauly bosonts. ïo provoke peoplo so inueli isa token of superiority, and a prizo of nonchalance. Nor is it social (lmidvism alone wliich ilüis it-ritates tlio nibble of decent icllows wko have uoiiliüi' ihe. viiaity .inir ( lio impudciico, nor the stretiirth of resoliition to win distinctiou. LUernry daudyisin is algo exee89ively ainioyiug lo the rugged liodmeii of' letters, the rapid pioturesquo writers, tlo half ot quarter o Incaled persons who crowd the press and carry tbeif farfago ot' ill-sortcd observalions to uu uucrttieal public. Tüese iudustrioiis pei'sous dates t tlic üteniry daiuty. ilo man whq luiiitli liis periods, ;uiil reards Llie cadeneo of lus geuleuoeB, and sliuns stock illU3trations of quotations, as iho social damly avoida dfrty gloves and cluinsy boots. Tliey howl at bim ns Uie little niinieïouastrcet.boysbully sume Binall Ktonhn with a tall Uat and broatl wliitc collar, who hus lost liinisult' in Seveu DialA This auiagottism uatumlly bi-eeds moro exces u I iterar y daudyi-in, till the prosc of somo critica is :i8 full of IttUSK and inillellenrs as the handkerchiet' ot' a popular praacher. Botli parties ave luu-dcned in tbeir ways; the rough and ready pi-essinan booonies oareless even of graminarj and trots out his quouition.s l'roni Macauley's essays more v'igorously thau of old. Thé prose of the exquisita begina to die awuy in aromatic nousense, and liis gveat eniua fcires itself to deaili in the uuntiug tor i-are exolic adjeotivea ïhis picture iVoin an Britiaü stand poiut saines hrigiitly also on thiá sido of the Atiantic aud oan be accurately applied to American gentlemen of literary dlgposiüoii and misceUaiicous ability.

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Subjects
Old News
Ann Arbor Argus