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Comic Poems by Random House USA Inc(Hardback)

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This treasury of humorous poems brings together a sparkling constellation of witty poets from Lord Rochester to Lewis Carroll, from Edward Lear to Ogden Nash, from Dorothy Parker to W. H. Auden and embraces a wide range of forms, including limericks, clerihews, ballads, sonnets, and nsense verse. Comic Poems is studded with unforgettable classics, along with lesser-kwn comic gems from across the ages, from ancient Rome to modern America. Here is the immortal How Pleasant to Kw Mr. Lear beside Noel Coward s Mad Dogs and Englishmen; the incomparable Jabberwocky next to the famous There was a young lady of Riga. From Cole Porter and John Updike on love and marriage to Stevie Smith and Dorothy Parker on mortality to the ever-talented Anymous on almost anything, the lighthearted poetry collected here ranges from the most delightful nsense to the most sophisticated wit.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Random House USA Inc
ISBN-10
0375413545
ISBN-13
9780375413544
eBay Product ID (ePID)
183266338

Product Key Features

Format
Hardback, Sewn
Language
English
Topic
Poetry Texts & Poetry Anthologies

Additional Product Features

Edited by
Peter Washington
Series Title
Everyman's Library Pocket Poets
Author Biography
Peter Washington is the author of Madame Blavatsky's Baboon. He is the editor of several Everyman's Library Pocket Poet anthologies including Love Poems and Friendship Poems.
Country of Publication
India

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