Ogden Nash was a rare poet. He celebrated the ordinary with delight and curiosity: husbands and wives at work, children at play, a society in motion. He studied popular culture with a penetrating eye and wrote about America, its icons, habits, and affectations with humor and levity. He struggled with comparisons to "serious" poets, those heroes of the canon who abandoned the rhyme and meter that Nash found crucial to his style of writing. His witty, insightful, and graceful vignettes captured those moments in life that defy heavy-handed treatment. Nash did not live out the stereotype of the aloof poet-recluse. In addition to his writing, Nash pursued publishing, screenwriting, and a rigorous lecture circuit. This self-styled poet of wide appeal appeared in newspapers and magazines found in homes across the country, accessible publications such as Life, The New Yorker, Cosmopolitan, Sports Illustrated, Reader's Digest, and McCall's. At a time when children's literature meant Winnie-the-Pooh, Nash produced verses for and about young people that amused, educated, and more important, didn't pander or lecture. These poems and collections, including Custard the Dragon, The New Nutcracker Suite and Other Innocent Verses, A Boy Is a Boy, and Girls Are Silly, were classics of the genre. Nash left behind an invaluable body of work: charming, clever, and utterly unique.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Taylor Trade Publishing
ISBN-10
1589799593
ISBN-13
9781589799592
eBay Product ID (ePID)
177393911
Product Key Features
Book Title
The Life and Rhymes of Ogden Nash
Author
David Stuart
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Literary, American / General
Publication Year
2014
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism
Number of Pages
232 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.8in
Item Height
0.5in
Item Width
5.6in
Item Weight
10.4 Oz
Additional Product Features
Target Audience
Trade
Illustrated
Yes
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