Max. A Biography

David Cecil

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Language: English

Published by Constable, London England, 1983

0094528519 / 9780094528512

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Paperback. Max. Slight crease to corner back cover. Like Dr. Johnson and Oscar Wilde, Max Beerbohm is equally famous as an artist and as a public personality; England's supreme parodist and cartoonist and also the leading wit and dandy of the Edwardian age. But waht lay behind the urbane, ironic mask he showed to the world? The author is the first writer to try and tell us; for Max, who knew him, appointed him his biographer, and he is the first person to have access to Max's fascinating private papers. The result is an intimate portrait of an odd, brilliant and most lovable human being, who was also a deeper and more considerable character tha n his appearance might suggest. Besides being a picture of a man, this book is the picture of an age. In it the literary, theatrical and fashionable worlds of the 'nineties and of Edward VII's reign - the world of Wilde and Shaw and Henry James and 'The Souls' - appears in vivid detail before us as seen through Max's amused and penetrating eyes. He knew everyone worth knowing in that era and had something to say about each of them. Illustrations. 507 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.).

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Title
Max. A Biography
Author
David Cecil
Publisher
Constable, London England
Publication year
1983
Condition
Very Good
Binding
Soft cover
Language
English
ISBN 10
0094528519
ISBN 13
9780094528512
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8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo
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