The fireside book of humorous poetry / With the original illus. by Tenniel [and others].
| Author/creator | Cole, William |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Simon and Schuster, 1959. |
| Description | xix, 522 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The Other Animals (in which the poet dwells on the denizens of field, water, and air disclosed a strange fixation on llamas) -- Eccentrics and Individualists (portraits of some free souls who stand far from the maddening crowd) -- Juveniles (poems about, but not for, children) -- The Soul of Wit (an onmium-gatherum of clerihews, epigrams and other pithy pieces) -- Stories (most improbable) -- Bores and Boobs (in which some foolish and familiar types get their poetic comeuppance) -- Races, Places and Dialects (in which the poet shows that although it is one world there is still room for variety) -- Parody and Spoof (in which the poet mimics his betters and lessers, and happily points up the pretentious) -- Words on Music (in which the poet considers a sister art) -- Primitive (poems that are so bad but they're good) -- In Praise and Dispraise of Love (in which the poet, quite properly, dwells on kissing and courtship, marriage and remembrance) -- The Literary Life (in which the critics are disemboweled, and we have various views on writing, the press and literary affectations) -- No Sense At All (in which the poet lets himself go and creates a world that makes more sense than this one) -- Women (in which they are looked at with a sometimes skeptical eye) -- Playful and Tricky (strange verse forms, tricky meter and fun with the pliable English language) -- Our Time Is Out of Joint (in which the poet considers atoms, advertising, analysis and other things he never had to think about before) -- Harangue and Misanthropy (in which the poet impales with the pen and crowns wit the typewriter) -- The Way of the World (philosophic ruminations and observations on the throes of living, most of which go to prove that 'twas ever thus). |
| Local note | Joyner Wright Coll. copy autographed on title page: "Howard Moss," "Donald Shell," "John Updike," "Louis Simpson." Includes dust jacket. Stuart Wright Book Collection #71.33. See also related manuscript material in the Stuart Wright Collection, #1169, in Joyner Library Special Collections. |
| Local note | Little-97645 - $12.50 |
| Acquisitions source | Joyner Wright Coll. copy purchased from Stuart Wright, 2011 |
| LCCN | 59013132 |