Max Beerbohm and the Act of Writing
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Max Beerbohm and the Act of Writing by Lawrence Danson
In this enjoyable and well-paced study Lawrence Danson rediscovers Max Beerbohm in all his phases and forms, visual and literary, from the well-known Zuleika Dobson and Rossetti and his Circle, to the previously unknown The Mirror of the Past. The text is accompanied by numerous cartoons and caricatures by Beerbohm, ranging from self-portraits to witty sketches of his contemporary artists and writers, including Wilde, James, Shaw, and Wells.
Lawrence Danson is Professor English at Princeton University. He is the author of The Harmonies of The Merchant of Venice (Yale), as well as other books and articles on Shakespeare and his contemporaries, including Tragic Alphabet: Shakespeare's Drama of Language (Yale) and Shakespeare's Dramatic Genres (Oxford). He has also written Wilde's Intentions: The Artist in His Criticism (Oxford) and Max Beerbohm and the Act of Writing (Oxford). He is co-editor of The Phoenix in The Complete Works of Thomas Middleton (Oxford).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780198112273 |
| ISBN 10 | 0198112270 |
| Title | Max Beerbohm and the Act of Writing |
| Author | Lawrence Danson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 1991-08-01 |
| Number of pages | 276 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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