The Prince of Minor Writers: The Selected Essays of Max

The Prince of Minor Writers: The Selected Essays of Max Beerbohm

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Virginia Woolf called Max Beerbohm â€œthe princeâ€ of essayists, F. W. Dupee praised his â€œwhim of ironâ€ and â€œcleverness amounting to genius,â€ while Beerbohm himself noted that â€œonly the insane take themselves quite seriously.â€ From his precocious debut as a dandy in 1890s Oxford until he put his pen aside in the aftermath of World War II, Beerbohm was recognized as an incomparable observer of modern life and an essayist whose voice was always and only his own. Here Phillip Lopate, one of the finest essayists of our day, has selected the finest of Beerbohmâ€™s essays. Whether writing about the vogue for Russian writers, laughter and philosophy, dandies, or George Bernard Shaw, Beerbohm is as unpredictable as he is unfailingly witty and wise. As Lopate writes, â€œToday . . . it becomes all the more necessary to ponder how Beerbohm performed the delicate operation of displaying so much personality without lapsing into sticky confession.â€
Country USA
Brand New York Review Books
Manufacturer NYRB Classics
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781590178287
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2015-06-02
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The Prince of Minor Writers: The Selected Essays of Max Beerbohm