Comic Poems (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets)

Selected and edited by Peter Washington

ISBN 10: 0375413545 / ISBN 13: 9780375413544

Published by Everyman's Library Pocket Poets / Alfred A. Knopf, 2001

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249pp. Bright, clean & tight copy, unread, in AS NEW condition. "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." [jacket copy] Ample selection includes Belloc, Pope, Apollinaire, De La Mare, Wilbur, Burns, Gilbert, Larkin, Jarrell, dozens more. Pristine & handy hardcover w/brilliant corners & crisp edges, a square & tight binding, wrapped in a vibrant jacket image of colored dots by Sigmar Polke. Quite presentable.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Comic Poems (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets)
• Publisher: Everyman's Library Pocket Poets / Alfred A. Knopf
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0375413545
• ISBN 13: 9780375413544
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New

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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.