Comic Poems (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series)

Peter Washington (Editor)

ISBN 10: 0375413545 / ISBN 13: 9780375413544

Published by Everyman's Library, 2001

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Comic Poems (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series)
• Publisher: Everyman's Library
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0375413545
• ISBN 13: 9780375413544
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

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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.