Ogden Nash : The Life and Work of Americas Laureate of Light Verse

English

ISBN: 1566637295

EAN: 9781566637299

Category: Humor / Form / Limericks & Verse

Publisher: Dee Publisher, Ivan R.

Release Date: 04/30/2007

Synopsis: Candy / Is dandy / But liquor / Is quicker. These inimitable lines could only have been written by Ogden Nash, the American nonpareil of light verse and one of the more remarkable figures in American letters. His keen grasp of human nature and a unique style of verse made him, in the mid-twentieth century, the most widely read and frequently quoted poet of his time. For years, readers have longed for a biography to match Nashs charm, wit, and good nature; now we have it in Douglas Parkers absorbing life of the poet. Mr. Parker has had exclusive access to family letters and diaries, and permission to quote liberally from them and from Nashs poems. He has written a warm and inviting biography of the poet who reveled in whimsy and wordplay, but who was applauded by his more serious contemporaries.

Ogden Nash : The Life and Work of Americas Laureate of Light Verse

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Paperback

Height: 1.0 inches

Width: 5.54 inches

Length: 8.73 inches

Weight: 16.19 oz

Pages: 336