10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LIGHT VERSE»
Discover the use of
light verse in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
light verse and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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W.H. Auden's Book of
Light Verse
Presents an anthology of popular, unpretentious poems by English authors from early times to the beginning of the twentieth century, including previously censored poems.
2
Light Verse from the Floating World: An Anthology of ...
This collection of 400 humorous and often satirical poems written during the late 18th and early 19th century provides a rich sampling of the senryu form and its prevailing themes.
3
The New Oxford Book of
Light Verse
Gathers poems by Swift, Byron, Tennyson, Holmes, Carroll, Gilbert, Harte, Housman, Chesterton, Wodehouse, Eliot, Graves, Auden, Amis, and De Uries Kingsley Amis has achieved his main objective in compiling The New Oxford Book of Light Verse ...
4
The Norton Book of
Light Verse
A collection of entertaining limericks, ballads, lyrics, double dactyls, and more conventional poems by such masters as Ogden Nash, Phyllis McGinley, Anthony Hecht, E.B. White, Edward Lear and John Updike
5
Hotel Deep:
Light Verse from Dark Water
Twenty-one poems tell the story of a lone sardine separated from his school within a huge coral reef and the creatures he meets as he searches for the way back.
"This book unearths a hidden treasure from the golden age of Ottoman scholarship: an original commentary by Ismāʻīl Anqarawī on the Light Verse of the Quran, presented here in English for the first time.
Isma'il Anqarawi, Bilal Kuspinar, 2011
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An Anthology of
Light Verse
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition.
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A Twentieth-century Literature Reader: Texts and Debates
THE POETRY OF THE 1930S 15 W. H. Auden, Introduction to The Oxford Book of
Light Verse (1938) W. H. Auden (1907-1974) came to prominence during the
1930s; he was widely seen as being the most significant poet writing in English ...
Suman Gupta, David Johnson, 2005
CHAPTER TWO Putting the Light on It AT the outset let me express my opinion,
however debatable it may be, that light verse is poetry. That is to say, it is a type
of poetry instead of a distinct art of its own. It may differ considerably from other ...
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Light Verse & Limericks
Ken Layton. Light Verse & Limericks Light Verse & Limericks Ken Layton Light
Verse & Limericks.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LIGHT VERSE»
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light verse is used in the context of the following news items.
Briefly Noted Book Reviews - The New Yorker
The Pawnbroker's Daughter, by Maxine Kumin (Norton). Kumin, who died last year, began her career as a stifled housewife selling light verse ... «The New Yorker, Jul 15»
'The Pawnbroker's Daughter: A Memoir,' by Maxine Kumin
... and there's a rich period of self-discovery she plumbs between the first four lines of light verse she landed in the Christian Science Monitor in ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
Words from the Wise Are Always Handy
Just about 100 years ago he came up with the light verse antics of Archy and Mehitabel, the cockroach and cat who respectively had past lives ... «The Vineyard Gazette - Martha's Vineyard News, Jul 15»
From Facts to Meaning, Through Beauty
... Wilczek's work has also been anthologized in Best American Science Writing and the Norton Anthology of Light Verse. He lives in Cambridge ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
Book Review: In new memoir, a history of women and one great poet
As a young poet in the 1950s, she wrote light verse that first ran in the Christian Science Monitor, earning five dollars per poem. Later, the Wall ... «Press Herald, Jul 15»
BEHIND THE SONG: Royal Tusk fears Shadow of Love
Moving on, we roll our way from the song's deceptively light verse to a heavier riff-laden B-section, as our protagonist throws it back at her, “But ... «Gig City, Jul 15»
Shapiro Reads from Fables in a Modern Key
On June 28, Norman Shapiro, professor of French, provided light verse readings, including a passage from his recently translated Fables in a ... «Wesleyan Connection, Jul 15»
Cast of acclaimed 1965 skateboarding film 'Skaterdater' reunite
“Succinct as poetry, 'Skaterdater' simply happens like a green spring morning; it is the lyric equivalent of light verse.” The film was nominated ... «The Daily Breeze, Jun 15»
Literary Ducks
The first, “The Duck,” is by mid-20th century poet Ogden Nash, who specialized in funny, light verse. The pithy poem focuses on the bird's sillier ... «Modern Farmer, Jun 15»
When Auden Met Britten
There was Sullivan's setting of Gilbert's light verse to be sure, but his music seemed so boring. Here at last was a composer who could both set ... «The New York Review of Books, Jun 15»
