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[[Image:poets-corner.jpg|thumb|right|Cover of ''The Poets' Corner'']]
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'''''The Poets' Corner''''' was a book of twenty [[caricatures]] by [[England|English]] [[Caricature|caricaturist]], [[Essay|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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'''''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 [[poet]]s, [[playwright]]s, and [[writer]]s 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 [[George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron|Lord Byron]], [[Samuel Taylor Coleridge]], [[William Shakespeare]], [[Walt Whitman]], [[William Wordsworth]], [[William Butler Yeats|W.B. Yeats]], [[Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson|Alfred, Lord 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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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>


''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:rossetti-max.jpg|'Dante Gabriel Rossetti in His Back-Garden' from ''The Poets' Corner''
Image:Dante Gabriel Rossetti in His Back-Garden.gif|'Dante Gabriel Rossetti in His Back-Garden' from ''The Poets' Corner''
Image:max-coleridge.jpg|'Coleridge, table-talking' from ''The Poets' Corner''
Image:max-coleridge.jpg|'Coleridge, table-talking' from ''The Poets' Corner''
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==
*''[[Caricatures of Twenty-five Gentlemen]]'' (1896)
*''[[Caricatures of Twenty-five Gentlemen]]'' (1896)
*''[[Fifty Caricatures]]'' (1913)
*''[[Rossetti and His Circle]]'' (1922)
*''[[Rossetti and His Circle]]'' (1922)


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==External links==
==External links==
*[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
*[http://www.booksellerworld.com/max-beerbohm.htm ''The Poets' Corner'' - Max Beerbohm Bibliography on Bookseller World website]
*[http://www.booksellerworld.com/max-beerbohm.htm ''The Poets' Corner'' – Max Beerbohm Bibliography on Bookseller World website]

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Latest revision as of 12:14, 28 September 2024

The Poets' Corner
Cover of King Penguin edition of The Poets' Corner (1943)
AuthorMax Beerbohm
LanguageEnglish
PublisherJohn Rothenstein
Publication date
1904
Publication placeUnited 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.

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  • 'Dante Gabriel Rossetti in His Back-Garden' from The Poets' Corner
    'Dante Gabriel Rossetti in His Back-Garden' from The Poets' Corner
  • 'Coleridge, table-talking' from The Poets' Corner
    'Coleridge, table-talking' from The Poets' Corner
  • Matthew Arnold from The Poets' Corner
    Matthew Arnold from The Poets' Corner

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Beerbohm, Max 'The Poets' Corner' William Heinemann (1904)
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