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Doggerel: Poems About Dogs (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series)

Doggerel: Poems About Dogs (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series)

From Chaucer to Billy Collins and from basset hounds to brindle bull terriers, Doggerel presents a robust brood of the most charming verse tributes ever offered to our beloved canine companions.

The rich and assorted cadences of some of the most distinguished poets across the centuries ring out from these pagesâ€“from Spenser, Shakespeare, and Pope to Merrill, Merwin, and Muldoonâ€“celebrating pooches of every pedigree and persuasion. Here is Margaret Cavendishâ€™s barking chorus of beagles on the hunt; Elizabeth Bishopâ€™s â€œPink Dogâ€ alongside Robyn Selmanâ€™s â€œMy Dog is Named for Elizabeth Bishopâ€; Charles Baxterâ€™s villanelle â€œDog Kibble,â€ whose dog-narrator decides that â€œLife isnâ€™t meaningless because thereâ€™s foodâ€; and the desultory charms of Jane Kenyonâ€™s unleashed dog, nuzzling about on a drizzly afternoon.

From lazy dogs curled up by the fireplace to audacious hounds howling at the moon, from mutts to purebreds, puppies to old dogs, Doggerel is an irresistible gathering of fast and faithful friends.
Country USA
Brand Everyman's Library
Manufacturer Everyman's Library
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9781400040377
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2003-10-21
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781400040377

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