The Call of the Clerihew

by David Hill and George Szirtes

Sometimes described as the literate cousin of the Limerick, the Clerihew has attracted and inspired writers from GK Chesterton and Gavin Ewart to Craig Brown. WH Auden once wrote an entire book of Clerihews. Invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875-1956), the Clerihew is a childish anti-panegyric, flat-footed, Hudibrastic, eponymous quatrains designed to lower the tone and cut everyone down to size. The Call of the Clerihew brings together...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1999674219
• ISBN13: 9781999674212
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Smokestack Books
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.8"