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Hutton, Clarence Gilbert Bohun

 
9781440066566: Max Beerbohm in Perspective (Classic Reprint)

Synopsis

Seeing Beerbohm: An accessible study of Max Beerbohm’s essays, wit, and evolving critical voice is a clear, engaging look at the sharp mind behind the essays and caricatures that shaped a generation.

This guide helps readers appreciate how Beerbohm’s voice—witty, sardonic, and humane—developed over time. Framed around twenty essays, the book discusses how Beerbohm’s criticism blends charm with honesty. It covers his early flippancy, his changing tone, and the way he observes people, culture, and art. The analysis stays readable and grounded, inviting new readers to join in the conversation without assuming prior scholarly background.

  • Clear explanations of Beerbohm’s ideas and recurring themes.
  • Context for why his humor and perspective remained distinctive.
  • Notes on how his approach to criticism evolved across the years.
  • Discussion of how the essays reflect broader cultural and literary trends.
Ideal for readers who enjoy approachable literary criticism, fans of Beerbohm, and those curious about the development of a distinctive critical voice.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Mr. Beerbohm. I suggested that he might lend me a page of his corrected MS. to reproduce in facsimile. (T oshow readers how an author goes to work may not be strictly relevant to an appreciation of that works result, to be sure, but it is legitimately interesting.) I urged that, probably, there were in his possession caricatures as yet unpublished and unexhibited which might be published here ;finally and how well he must have known that this was coming I asked him whether he would make a caricature of himself, special to the occasion, for a frontispiece. This was his reply :VILLINO CHIARO, RAPALLO. June 18, 1921. DEAR BOHUN LYNCH, The sky is very blue here this morning, as indeed it usually is, and your letter came like a bolt from it. After I had read the first 2or 3lines I instinctively sat down, somewhat blasted, I then read the whole letter manfully. And now I take up my pen.
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