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Chargement... The Lure of the Limerick (1964)par William S. Baring-Gould
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Full disclosure: I bought this book because it has illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley, but it turned out to be pretty decent in terms of written content as well. I previously read the Baring-Gould’s book which explores the Mother Goose nursery rhymes in depth (which I bought for its Arthur Rackham illustrations), and similarly the author explores the development and content of the limerick with a particular focus on its English-ness. Mostly I found myself being distracted by the humourous bent of the poems themselves, whose rhythm is impossible not to get stuck in your head very quickly, but I was surprised to discover that so many well known authors and artists wrote limericks themselves. Obviously the form is a simple one that can be picked up by almost anyone, and the trend of popularity even among the academics of the Victorian age guaranteed their widespread creation, so honestly I shouldn’t have been surprised at all - why not dash off a limerick or two to impress one’s friends with your wit and sarcasm, since everyone was doing it! I didn’t make it through reading every single limerick in the alphabetized section, since there are so many examples, but this is definitely a good book to dip into from time to time when less frivolous poetry gets to be too serious. ( ) I'm sorry, Shane Warne, you are just that sort of guy.... There once was a bowler called Warney - rest here: http://alittleteaalittlechat.wordpress.com/2013/06/13/the-lure-of-the-limerick-b... I'm sorry, Shane Warne, you are just that sort of guy.... There once was a bowler called Warney - rest here: http://alittleteaalittlechat.wordpress.com/2013/06/13/the-lure-of-the-limerick-b... aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)821.081Literature English & Old English literatures English poetry English poetry {by more than one author} [Collections of English poetry not limited by time period or kind of form now in 821.008]Classification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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