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Publication Date

1943

Place of Publication

Cambridge

Book-plate

No

Summary

“This is to be the Century of the Common Man” Max Beerbohm dedicates this Rede Lecture at Cambridge University to his close friend Lytton Strachey, who like him was a writer. In complimenting Strachey, Beerbohm contemplates what makes a good writer. He suggests writers of prominence should be able to weave a narrative with words so compelling that no matter the theme the writing will be comparable to high art and resonate with noble beauty. Menzies had aspirations of similar heights, but most would agree that the spoken word was his truer calling, and in this sense, he was comparable to Strachey, for he “invited, engaged, allured, then gripped” as Beerbohm urges.

Edition

First

Number of Pages

26

Publication Info

softcover