| Seven Men Contributor(s): Beerbohm, Max (Author), Updike, John (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0940322544 ISBN-13: 9780940322547 Publisher: New York Review of Books OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2000 Annotation: In "Seven Men" the brilliant English caricaturist and critic Max Beerbohm turns his comic searchlight upon the fantastic fin-de-siecle world of the 1890s--the age of Oscar Wilde, Aubrey Beardsley, and the young Yeats, as well of Beerbohm's own first success. In a series of luminous sketches, Beerbohm captures the likes of Enoch Soames, only begetter of the neglected poetic masterwork Fungoids; Maltby and Braxton, two fashionable novelists caught in a bitter rivalry; and "Savonarola" Brown, author of a truly incredible tragedy encompassing the entire Italian Renaissance. One of the masterpieces of modern humorous writing, "Seven Men" is also a shrewdly perceptive, heartfelt homage to the wonderfully eccentric character of a bygone age. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Essays |
| Dewey: 824.912 |
| LCCN: 00009410 |
| Series: New York Review Books Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 5.01" W x 8.01" (0.40 lbs) 232 pages |
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| Publisher Description: In Seven Men the brilliant English caricaturist and critic Max Beerbohm turns his comic searchlight upon the fantastic fin-de-si cle world of the 1890s--the age of Oscar Wilde, Aubrey Beardsley, and the young Yeats, as well of Beerbohm's own first success. In a series of luminous sketches, Beerbohm captures the likes of Enoch Soames, only begetter of the neglected poetic masterwork Fungoids; Maltby and Braxton, two fashionable novelists caught in a bitter rivalry; and "Savonarola" Brown, author of a truly incredible tragedy encompassing the entire Italian Renaissance. One of the masterpieces of modern humorous writing, Seven Men is also a shrewdly perceptive, heartfelt homage to the wonderfully eccentric character of a bygone age. |