Comic Poems - (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets) by Peter Washington (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>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, ballads, sonnets, and nonsense verse. Ribbon marker.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>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. <p/><i>Comic Poems</i> 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.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Peter Washington is the author of <i>Madame Blavatsky's Baboon</i>. He is the editor of several Everyman's Library Pocket Poet anthologies including <i>Love Poems</i> and<i> Friendship Poems</i>.
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