Sir ( August 24 , 1872 – May 20 , 1956 ) was an English Parodist and Caricaturist .
He was born in London , England , the younger half-brother of actor and producer Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree . He was educated at Charterhouse School and Merton College, Oxford ; it was at school that he began writing. Some of his work appeared in '' The Yellow Book '' ( 1894 ). He toured the United States while a young man, as a press agent for his brother's theatrical company.
His first book, ''The Works of Max Beerbohm'', was published in 1896 . In 1898 he followed George Bernard Shaw as drama critic for the '' Saturday Review '', on whose staff he remained until 1910 . From 1935 onwards, he was an occasional if popular radio broadcaster.
His best known works are '' A Christmas Garland '' ( 1912 ), a Parody of literary styles, and '' Seven Men '' ( 1919 ), which includes " Enoch Soames ", the tale of a poet who makes a deal with the Devil to find out how posterity will remember him, is also well-known. In 1911 he wrote '' Zuleika Dobson '', his only novel. Other works include '' The Happy Hypocrite '' ( 1897 ).
Beerbohm married actress Florence Kahn in 1910 . He was knighted in 1939 . He died in Rapallo , Italy aged 83.
- ''The Works of Max Beerbohm, with a Bibliography by John Lane'' (1896)
- ''More'' (1899)
- ''Yet Again'' (1909)
- ''Zuleika Dobson; or, An Oxford Love Story'' (1911)
- ''A Christmas Garland, Woven by Max Beerbohm'' (1912)
- ''Seven Men'' (1919)
- ''Herbert Beerbohm Tree: Some Memories of Him and of His Art'' (1920, ed. by Max Beerbohm)
- ''And Even Now'' (1920)
- ''A Peep into the Past'' (1923)
- ''Around Theatres'' (1924)
- ''A Variety of Things'' (1928)
- ''The Dreadful Dragon of Hay Hill'' (1928)
- ''Lytton Strachey: The Rede Lecture'' (1943)
- ''Mainly on the Air'' (1946; enlarged edition 1957)
- ''The Incomparable Max: A Collection of Writings of Sir Max Beerbohm" (1962)
- ''Max in Verse: Rhymes and Parodies'' (1963, ed. by J. G. Riewald)
- ''Letters to Reggie Turner'' (1964, ed. by Rupert Hart-Davis)
- ''More Theatres, 1898–1903'' (1969, ed. by Rupert Hart-Davis)
- ''Max and Will: Max Beerbohm and William Rothenstein: Their Friendship and Letters'' (1975, ed. by Mary M. Lago and Karl Beckson)
- ''Letters of Max Beerbohm: 1892–1956'' (1988, ed. by Rupert Hart-Davis)
- ''Last Theatres'' (1970, ed. by Rupert Hart-Davis)
- ''A Peep into the Past and Other Prose Pieces'' (1972)
- ''Max Beerbohm and "The Mirror of the Past"'' (1982, ed. Lawrence Danson)
- ''Caricatures of Twenty-Five Gentlemen'' (1896)
- ''The Poets' Corner'' (1904)
- ''A Book of Caricatures'' (1907)
- ''Cartoons: The Second Childhood of John Bull'' (1911)
- ''Fifty Caricatures'' (1913)
- ''A Survey'' (1921)
- ''Rossetti and His Circle'' (1922)
- ''Things New and Old'' (1923)
- ''Observations'' (1925)
- ''Heroes and Heroines of Bitter Sweet'' (1931) five drawings in a portfolio
- ''Max's Nineties: Drawings 1892–1899'' (1958, ed. Rupert Hart-Davies and Allan Wade)
- ''Beerbohm's Literary Caricatures: From Homer to Huxley'' (1977, ed. J. G. Riewald)
- ''Max Beerbohm Caricatures'' (1997, ed. N. John Hall)
- Behrman, S. N. ''Portrait of Max.'' (1960)
- Cecil, David . ''Max: A Biography of Max Beerbohm.'' (1964, reprint 1985)
- Danson, Lawrence. ''Max Beerbohm and the Act of Writing.'' (1989)
- Felstiner, John. ''The Lies of Art: Max Beerbohm's Parody and Caricature.'' (1973)
- Gallatin, A. H. ''Bibliography of the Works of Max Beerbohm.'' (1952)
- Gallatin, A. H. ''Max Beerbohm: Bibliographical Notes.'' (1944)
- Grushow, Ira. ''The Imaginary Reminiscences of Max Beerbohm.'' (1984)
- Hall, N. John. ''Max Beerbohm: A Kind of a Life.'' (2002)
- Hart-Davis, Rupert . ''A Catalogue of the Caricatures of Max Beerbohm.'' (1972)
- Lynch, Bohun. ''Max Beerbohm in Perspective.'' (1922)
- McElderderry, Bruce J. ''Max Beerbohm.'' (1971)
- Riewald, J. G. ''Sir Max Beerbohm, Man and Writer: A Critical Analysis with a Brief Life and Bibliography.'' (1953)
- Riewald, J. G. ''The Surprise of Excellence: Modern Essays of Max Beerbohm.'' (1974)
- Viscusi, Robert. ''Max Beerbohm, or the Dandy Dante: Rereading with Mirrors.'' (1986)
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