The Works of Max Beerbohm · Chapter
Personalia explained
This chapter collects biographical notices and interviews about Max Beerbohm, including his birth announcement, interviews from The Sketch and Woman magazine, and details of his residence after leaving Oxford.
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This chapter collects biographical notices and interviews about Max Beerbohm, including his birth announcement, interviews from The Sketch and Woman magazine, and details of his residence after leaving Oxford.
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- The Artist as Detached Observer
The interviews and biographical notes present Beerbohm as a figure of detached observation, with his life and work chronicled in a journalistic, external manner.
Characters to notice
- Max Beerbohm
Subject of the chapter; his birth, interviews, and departure from Oxford are recorded.
Key passages
“On the 24th instant, at 57 Palace Gardens Terrace, Kensington, the wife of J. E. Beerbohm, Esq., of a son.”
Max Beerbohm was born on August 24, 1872, at 57 Palace Gardens Terrace, Kensington.
This is the birth announcement from The Times.
“On Mr. Beerbohm leaving Oxford in July 1895, he took up his residence at 19 Hyde Park Place, formerly the residence of another well-known historian— W. C. Kinglake.”
After leaving Oxford in July 1895, Beerbohm moved to 19 Hyde Park Place, which had previously been the home of historian W. C. Kinglake.
This detail is from the Woman interview.
