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[[Image:poets-corner.jpg|thumb|right|Cover of ''The Poets' Corner'']] |
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| ⚫ | '''''The Poets' Corner''''' |
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| caption = Cover of King Penguin edition of ''The Poets' Corner'' (1943) |
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| country = [[United States]] |
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| language = English |
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| publisher = [[John Rothenstein]] |
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| release_date = [[1904 in literature|1904]] |
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| ⚫ | '''''The Poets' Corner''''' is a book of twenty [[caricatures]] by English [[Caricature|caricaturist]], essayist and [[Parody|parodist]] [[Max Beerbohm]]. It was published in 1904 by [[William Heinemann]], and was Beerbohm's second book of caricatures, the first being ''[[Caricatures of Twenty-five Gentlemen]]'' (1896). |
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| ⚫ | Named after [[Poets' Corner]], the name traditionally given to a section of the south transept of [[Westminster Abbey]] due to the number of poets, playwrights, and writers now buried and commemorated there, the book is a collection of [[Max Beerbohm]]'s caricatures depicting notable poets from the past up to 1904, including [[Lord Byron]], [[Samuel Taylor Coleridge]], [[William Shakespeare]], [[Walt Whitman]], [[William Wordsworth]], [[W. B. Yeats]], [[Alfred, Lord Tennyson|Alfred Tennyson]], [[Robert Browning]], [[Dante Alighieri|Dante]], [[Robert Burns]], [[Matthew Arnold]], [[Dante Gabriel Rossetti]] and [[Henrik Ibsen]].<ref>Beerbohm, Max 'The Poets' Corner' William Heinemann (1904)</ref> |
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''The Poets' Corner'' was republished in 1943 as a King Penguin publication with an introduction by [[John Rothenstein]] and expanded to twenty-four colour illustrations. |
''The Poets' Corner'' was republished in 1943 as a King Penguin publication with an introduction by [[John Rothenstein]] and expanded to twenty-four colour illustrations. |
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==Gallery== |
==Gallery== |
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Image:Dante Gabriel Rossetti in His Back-Garden.gif|'Dante Gabriel Rossetti in His Back-Garden' from ''The Poets' Corner'' |
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Image:max-coleridge.jpg|'Coleridge, table-talking' from ''The Poets' Corner'' |
Image:max-coleridge.jpg|'Coleridge, table-talking' from ''The Poets' Corner'' |
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Image:max-arnold.jpg|Matthew Arnold from ''The Poets' Corner'' |
Image:max-arnold.jpg|Matthew Arnold from ''The Poets' Corner'' |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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*''[[Caricatures of Twenty-five Gentlemen]]'' (1896) |
*''[[Caricatures of Twenty-five Gentlemen]]'' (1896) |
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*''[[Fifty Caricatures]]'' (1913) |
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*''[[Rossetti and His Circle]]'' (1922) |
*''[[Rossetti and His Circle]]'' (1922) |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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*[http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3022431 ''The Poets's Corner'' on the [[National Library of Australia]] website |
*[http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3022431 ''The Poets's Corner''] on the [[National Library of Australia]] website |
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*[http://www.booksellerworld.com/max-beerbohm.htm ''The Poets' Corner'' |
*[http://www.booksellerworld.com/max-beerbohm.htm ''The Poets' Corner'' – Max Beerbohm Bibliography on Bookseller World website] |
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|list1 = [[Herbert Beerbohm Tree]] {{·}} [[Julius Beerbohm]] {{·}} [[Elisabeth Jungmann]] {{·}} [[Florence Kahn (actress)|Florence Kahn]] |
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|list2 = [[The Works of Max Beerbohm]] {{·}} [[The Happy Hypocrite]] {{·}} [[Zuleika Dobson]] {{·}} [[Seven Men]] {{·}} [[Enoch Soames]] {{·}} [[Mainly on the Air]] |
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Latest revision as of 12:14, 28 September 2024
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| Author | Max Beerbohm |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | John Rothenstein |
Publication date | 1904 |
| Publication place | United States |
The Poets' Corner is a book of twenty caricatures by English caricaturist, essayist and parodist Max Beerbohm. It was published in 1904 by William Heinemann, and was Beerbohm's second book of caricatures, the first being Caricatures of Twenty-five Gentlemen (1896).
Named after Poets' Corner, the name traditionally given to a section of the south transept of Westminster Abbey due to the number of poets, playwrights, and writers now buried and commemorated there, the book is a collection of Max Beerbohm's caricatures depicting notable poets from the past up to 1904, including Lord Byron, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Shakespeare, Walt Whitman, William Wordsworth, W. B. Yeats, Alfred Tennyson, Robert Browning, Dante, Robert Burns, Matthew Arnold, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Henrik Ibsen.[1]
The Poets' Corner was republished in 1943 as a King Penguin publication with an introduction by John Rothenstein and expanded to twenty-four colour illustrations.
Gallery
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'Dante Gabriel Rossetti in His Back-Garden' from The Poets' Corner -
'Coleridge, table-talking' from The Poets' Corner -
Matthew Arnold from The Poets' Corner
See also
[edit]- Caricatures of Twenty-five Gentlemen (1896)
- Fifty Caricatures (1913)
- Rossetti and His Circle (1922)
References
[edit]- ^ Beerbohm, Max 'The Poets' Corner' William Heinemann (1904)