"A Christmas Garland" was first published in 1912, and has long been out of print. It consists of 17 parodies with a Christmas theme of some of the most renowned authors of the period - including Kipling, Henry James, Thomas Hardy, H.G. Wells and Conrad - written by Max Beerbohm, whose reputation as a humourist and writer remains high. It is regarded as one of the finest collection of parodies in the English language, and is now published with 32 caricatures of the authors, drawn by Beerhohm. In a brief introduction, John Hall looks at the nature of parody and cariature, and its relationship to the original work. He provides details of the authors parodied; both Beerbohm's comments on them (on Shaw: "my admiration for his genius has been marred for me by dissent from almost any view that he holds about anything"); and also provides background information on those authors who are no longer so widely known.
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A Masterpiece of parody,
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This review is from: A Christmas Garland (Hardcover)
It was a pleasant surprise to find a modern (1993) release of this book. Fans of Max's other works will enjoy this book because of the thorough introduction by N. John Hall. Many of the writers parodied by Max were familiar to me in name only. By including samples of each writers work and style, Mr. Hall helps us to appreciate the brilliance of" A Christmas Garland."
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- Parody (The New Critical Idiom) by Professor Simon Dentith on 5 pages
- Essays on English and American Literature and a Sheaf of Poems (Costerus NS 63) (Costerus New Series) by J. Bakker on 5 pages
- A Theory of Parody: The Teachings of Twentieth-Century Art Forms by Linda Hutcheon on 4 pages
- John Galsworthy: L'homme, le romancier, le critique social (Etudes anglo-saxonnes) (French Edition) by Alec Frechet on page 286, and Back Matter
- Zuleika Dobson (Modern Library Paperbacks) by Max Beerbohm in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
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