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Comic Verse
Classics of Humorous Poetry in English
2014
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A new anthology - from Lollapalooza - of classics of comic and humorous verse in English written from 1500 onwards, presenting well-known and much-loved works alongside less familiar or celebrated gems. The collection offers the classic works of Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear, W S Gilbert; the dark, callous wit of Harry Graham; the needle-sharp ascerbic work of Ambrose Bierce; the virtuosity of Thomas Hood, Oliver Goldsmith, Alexander Pope; the affectionate, witty eroticism of Andrew Marvel, John Wilmot and Charles Sedley; the poetry of William Cowper, J G Saxe, Sam Walter Foss, Benjamin Franklin King, Bret Harte, G K Chesterton, amid a welter of anonymous wit.
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Lewis Carroll
Lewis Carroll
Author · 84 books

The Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known by the pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican clergyman and photographer. His most famous writings are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass as well as the poems "The Hunting of the Snark" and "Jabberwocky", all considered to be within the genre of literary nonsense. Oxford scholar, Church of England Deacon, University Lecturer in Mathematics and Logic, academic author of learned theses, gifted pioneer of portrait photography, colourful writer of imaginative genius and yet a shy and pedantic man, Lewis Carroll stands pre-eminent in the pantheon of inventive literary geniuses. He also has works published under his real name.

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