The Oxford Book of Comic Verse

by John Gross and TurtleMe

Book Overview

"Comic verse," writes editor John Gross, "is verse that is designed to amuse--and perhaps that is as far as any attempt at a definition ought to go." In The Oxford Book of Comic Verse, Gross has combed the annals of literature in English from the middle ages to the present, gathering poems that provoke laughter, smiles, and even reflections on the human condition--but always poems that amuse.
From limericks to social satire, The Oxford Book of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192142070
• ISBN13: 9780192142078
• Release Date: November 1994
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 548 Pages
• Weight: 1.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.8" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

For those who enjoy a wicked smile and a good laugh - and who doesn't?

Dip into the The Oxford Book of Comic Verse at any time - when you're feeling merry or when you're feeling blue. My absolute favorite in the whole volume (I AM a writer, remember!) goes "The book of my enemy has been remaindered.....And I am glad!" It's deliciously wicked! There are tons of other marvelous poems (it's a big book) dating back hundreds of years and dating forward to the present. I was introduced to this book by my brother when I was in England recently, promoting a book of my own (Goodnight Children, Everywhere, The History Press Ltd.) He read some of the poems to me and I was so enchanted that I ordered the book as soon as I got home. Monica B. Morris