The Oxford Book of Comic Verse
The Oxford Book of Comic Verse
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Summary
From Chaucer to Vikram Seth, from Byron to John Updike, this anthology draws on many different types of verse - epigrams, street ballads, music-hall lyrics and calypso as well as more conventional poems - to offer a wide range of comic pleasures.
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The Oxford Book of Comic Verse by John Gross
From Geoffrey Chaucer to G. K. Chesterton, Augustan satire to advertising jingles, John Updike to Vikram Seth and Victoria Wood, comic verse, has in its many forms, kept us amused for centuries. This superb anthology, notable above all for its breadth, reflects the international scope of humour by bringing together poets from far beyond the British Isles. Drawing on many different types of verse - epigrams, street ballads, clerihews, music-hall lyrics, and the double-dactyl - it offers an exceptionally wide range of comic pleasures. The poems are by turns subtle, down-to-earth, macabre, ingenious, acerbic, ribald and cheerful; written to amuse, they call forth laughter and delight in equal measure. This book is intended for buyers of poetry, anthologies, humorous books.| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780192832078 |
| ISBN 10 | 0192832077 |
| Title | The Oxford Book of Comic Verse |
| Author | John Gross |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 1995-11-01 |
| Number of pages | 546 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |