The Brazen Lyre

“The Brazen Lyre” by British writer and satirist E.V. Knox is a collection of witty essays, poems, and satirical notes written with the author’s characteristic humor and stylistic elegance. The book was published in English in London in 1911. The author, who collaborated for a long time with the famous satirical magazine “Punch”, ridicules the social and political realities of the early 20th century. The work is distinguished by refined irony and a peculiar musicality of language, symbolically represented by the image of the “brazen lyre” - a metaphor for the loud, expressive, and at the same time mocking voice of the poet-satirist. The edition is of interest as an example of British intellectual satire from the Edwardian era.