The Oxford Book of Comic Verse by John Gross

The Oxford Book of Comic Verse by John Gross

From Chaucer to Vikram Seth and Victoria Wood; from Byron to John Updike; from Augustan satire to advertising jingles; from G. K. Chesterton to Wendy Cope - this superb anthology is notable above all for its breadth. It is truly international in scope, bringing together poets from far beyond the British Isles. Drawing on many different types of verse, from epigrams to street ballads, from clerihew to music-hall lyrics, from the double-dactyl of the calypso, it offers an exceptionally wide range of comic pleasures. The poems in this collection 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. The established classics of comic verse, writers such as Tom Hood, W. S. Gilbert, and Ogden Nash, are represented in force, but many unfamiliar or unexpected names are also included; so are many recent writers - the classics of the future. This collection undoubtedly contains matter of great historical interest, but the emphasis throughout is firmly on enjoyment.

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ISBN 13	9780192840868
ISBN 10	019284086X
Title	The Oxford Book of Comic Verse
Author	John Gross
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Year published	2002-05-01
Number of pages	560
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