The illustrated Zuleika Dobson, or, An Oxford love story / by Max Beerbohm ; with 80 illustrations by the author ; and an introduction by N. John Hall.
By: Beerbohm, Max, Sir
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Contributor(s): Hall, N. John.
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BookPublisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, 1985Description: 350 p., [21] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 20 cm.ISBN: 0300033893.Subject(s): English fictionDDC classification: 823.91 BEE
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A facsimile of Beerbohm's personal copy of the 1911 first edition on which he had painted watercolor illustrations of scenes and ``moments'' and characters from the novel, this volume will be of considerable interest to all lovers of Beerbohm, painting, and wit. These illustrations well evoke (or enhance, insofar as the novel's text and the pictures are cheek by jowl) Beerbohm's modestly but elegantly expressed sense of parody and reserve. 10 of the illustrations had been previously published, but the remaining 70 full-page, medallion, and marginal illustrations appear here for the first time. (Some material, which Beerbohm pasted into his copy-photographs and prints not by himself-are not reproduced in this edition.) The book is attractively produced, but the watercolors appear to have faded slightly, and Beerbohm's characteristically precise fine-line captions occasionally appear to have bled into the paper. Brief, helpful introduction by Hall. Worth acquiring by all academic and public libraries with a collection of printed art.-D. Kramer, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignAuthor notes provided by Syndetics
Henry Maximilian Beerbohm was born in England in 1872. In his twenties, Beerbohm became part of the literary circle of Oscar Wilde, and in 1898 he became the drama critic for the Saturday Review. His predecessor George Bernard Shaw recommended Beerbohm for this position supposedly because of Beerbohm's attacks on Plays Pleasant and Unpleasant, one of Shaw's own works. It was also Shaw who gave Beerbohm the nickname The Incomparable Max.Beerbohm was known primarily for his sharp wit, often expressed in parody and satire, His first book The Works of Max Beerbohm was a collection of essays in a mock-scholarly format. Other essay collections include Yet Again, And Even Now, Around Theatres, and Mainly on the Air, which was based on a series of radio broadcasts. His fiction includes one novel titled Zuleika Dobson: An Oxford Love Story and numerous short stories. Many of his short stories have been published in such collections as The Happy Hypocrite, Seven Men, and A Variety of Things.
Beerbohm's flair for humor and parody was carried over into his art. He was a gifted caricaturist and was as well known for his drawings as for his writing. His drawings have been published in the collections Caricatures of Twenty-five Gentlemen, The Second Childhood of John Bull, A Book of Caricatures, Fifty Caricatures, Rosetti and His Circle, and Things Old and New.
Beerbohm resigned from the Saturday Review in 1910 when he married Florence Kahn, an American actress, and they retired to Rapallo, Italy. The Beerbohms returned to England for several years during World War II, but in 1947 they returned to Rapallo where Beerbohm died in 1956. Beerbohm was knighted in 1939.
(Bowker Author Biography)