Bibliograph

The Oxford book of comic verse, edited by John Gross

Type

Label

The Oxford book of comic verse, edited by John Gross

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Oxford book of comic verse

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

277068215

Responsibility statement

edited by John Gross

Series statement

Oxford book of prose and verse

Summary

"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."--Publisher description

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

Comic verse

Classification

Contributor