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Bernard Muddiman
Best known for The Men of the Nineties, this early 20th-century writer explored the art and literature of the fin-de-siècle with a clear fascination for the personalities who shaped it. His work feels especially appealing to readers curious about literary history, bohemian culture, and the world around Aubrey Beardsley and his circle.
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The Men of the Nineties
by Bernard Muddiman
About the author
Bernard Muddiman was an early 20th-century writer remembered today for The Men of the Nineties, published in 1921. That book looks back at the writers, artists, and cultural atmosphere of the 1890s, showing his strong interest in literary history and the personalities behind artistic movements.
Library and catalog records also credit him with The French Canadian Literary Movement, which suggests that his interests reached beyond one scene or decade. Based on the works that can be confirmed, he appears to have written mainly as a critic or commentator on literature and culture rather than as a novelist.
Not much reliable biographical information about his personal life is easy to confirm from standard sources now, and even a clear portrait is hard to locate. What remains most visible is the work itself: thoughtful, historically minded writing that preserves a vivid sense of a distinctive literary age.