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The Penguin Book of Comic and Curious Verse by John Michael Cohen; Penguin is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Penguin Book of Comic and Curious Verse about?
This anthology includes the best of three collections of comic and curious verse which first appeared with enormous success in the 1950s. It covers the whole tradition of English and American comic verse writing from the masters - Hood, Lear, Carrol -, to anonymous lampoonists of the 18th-century, up to the present day.
Who reads The Penguin Book of Comic and Curious Verse?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- John Michael Cohen; Penguin
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Published
- 1952
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780140585292
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Poetry, English, Irish, & Scottish Poetry, Humanities
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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