Comic Poems (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series)

Selected and Edited by Peter Washington

ISBN 10: 0375413545 / ISBN 13: 9780375413544

Published by Everyman's Library, 2001

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Stated Fifth Printing. No dust jacket. Very good condition. Minimal wear. Clean and all intact. No writing or marking. Not Ex-Library. Seller Inventory # 8120

Bibliographic Details

Title: Comic Poems (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets...

Publisher: Everyman's Library

Publication Date: 2001

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

About this title

Synopsis:

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 nonsense verse.

Comic Poems is studded with unforgettable classics, along with lesser-known comic gems from across the ages, from ancient Rome to modern America. Here is the immortal "How Pleasant to Know Mr. Lear" beside Noël 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 Anonymous on almost anything, the lighthearted poetry collected here ranges from the most delightful nonsense to the most sophisticated wit.

About the Author:

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.